Terms
1. Charcoal
A porous black solid, consisting of an amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in the absence of air.
2. Chlorate
A salt of chloric acid containing the chlorate ion.
3. Electrons
A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
4. Elements
Each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter.
5. Excited State
A state of a physical system (as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) that is higher in energy than the ground state.
6. Frequency
Number of events in a given unit of time.
7. Fuel
A substance that produces useful energy when it undergoes a chemical or nuclear reaction.
8. Ground State
The lowest energy state or most stable state of an atom, molecule or ion.
9. Nitrate
A salt or ester of nitric acid.
10. Oxidizer
A chemical species that transfers electronegative atoms, usually oxygen, to a substrate.
11. Perchlorate
A salt or ester of perchloric acid.
12. Photon
The quantum of electromagnetic radiation that describes the particle properties of an electromagnetic wave.
13. Pyrotechnic
The art of making or displaying fireworks.
14. Quantum
A discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.
15. Wavelength
The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.
A porous black solid, consisting of an amorphous form of carbon, obtained as a residue when wood, bone, or other organic matter is heated in the absence of air.
2. Chlorate
A salt of chloric acid containing the chlorate ion.
3. Electrons
A stable subatomic particle with a charge of negative electricity, found in all atoms and acting as the primary carrier of electricity in solids.
4. Elements
Each of more than one hundred substances that cannot be chemically interconverted or broken down into simpler substances and are primary constituents of matter.
5. Excited State
A state of a physical system (as an atomic nucleus, an atom, or a molecule) that is higher in energy than the ground state.
6. Frequency
Number of events in a given unit of time.
7. Fuel
A substance that produces useful energy when it undergoes a chemical or nuclear reaction.
8. Ground State
The lowest energy state or most stable state of an atom, molecule or ion.
9. Nitrate
A salt or ester of nitric acid.
10. Oxidizer
A chemical species that transfers electronegative atoms, usually oxygen, to a substrate.
11. Perchlorate
A salt or ester of perchloric acid.
12. Photon
The quantum of electromagnetic radiation that describes the particle properties of an electromagnetic wave.
13. Pyrotechnic
The art of making or displaying fireworks.
14. Quantum
A discrete quantity of energy proportional in magnitude to the frequency of the radiation it represents.
15. Wavelength
The distance between successive crests of a wave, especially points in a sound wave or electromagnetic wave.