Food Energy Work & Machines Energy Sources Matter Light Sound Electricity
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| Work & Machines -
Discusses simple machines, compound machines, lifting, force,
gasoline engines, diesel engines, internal combustion, gas turbine engines,
electric motors, generators, and computers.
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| Energy Sources - Discusses
the sun's energy in relation to plants and animals, solar energy, wind,
water, steam, and fuels.
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| Matter - Discusses
the 3 states of matter, changing the states of matter, facts & theories of matter, the motion of molecules, molecular
attraction, using molecular attraction, heat energy, measuring heat energy,
transferring heat energy, and heat to mechanical energy.
Also included is an extensive section on Chemical & Nuclear Energy:
combining atoms, energy for chemical change, energy from chemical change,
oxidation, energy in substances, chemical energy in living things,
photosynthesis, nuclear energy, elements, energy in the nucleus, fission,
mass-energy, fusion, and mass-energy transfers.
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| Light - Discusses what
light is, light from the sun, the colors of light, how light travels, and
light in different substances.
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| Sound - Discusses
vibration, frequency, tension, sound wave, how fast sound is, controlling
noise, hearing sound, and measuring the volume of sound.
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| Electricity -
Discusses electrical energy and electrons; static electricity; electricity
in the sky; steady currents of electricity; generators; electricity from
fuels, nuclear fuels, chemical energy, light energy; solar batteries;
measuring electrical energy, electric currents; how a switch works; switches
for special jobs; feedback control; good and poor conductors; danger in a
short circuit; and electromagnets and permanent magnets.
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