Unit 2 Vocabulary (Energy, Circuits, and Light)

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What is the flow of electricity through a conductor?

Back

Electric current.

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What is the ability to do work?

Back

Energy.

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Front

What is the path through which an electric current can flow?

Back

Closed (complete or working) circuit.

Front

What is the bouncing back of light rays from a surface called?

Back

Reflection.

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Front

What is energy of motion?

Back

Mechanical energy.

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What do we call the energy that is stored and has the potential to do work?

Back

Potential energy.

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Front

What is the term for a circuit that is not complete and does not allow current to flow?

Back

Open (incomplete or broken) circuit.

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What is the term for the bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to another?

Back

Refraction.

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Front

What type of energy is associated with the position of an object?

Back

Potential energy.

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What is the term for the energy that travels in waves and can be seen by the human eye?

Back

Light energy.

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