Vocabulary Review Week 2

A push or pull that causes a change in motion

• Friction
• Gravity
• Force
• Mass

Light bending as it passes through a rain drop is an example of...

• Refraction
• Reflection

The metric scale for measuring temperature is_____________.

• Fahrenheit
• Celsius

A student placed a pencil in a cup of water.  The pencil appears broken because light-

• always travels in a straight line
• bends when it passes through water
• makes the water in the glass evaporate
• reflects the pencil on the water's surface

The force that pulls you to the ground

• Magnetism
• Acceleration
• Friction
• Gravity

The illustration shows a light ray striking an object.
In the illustration, the light ray striking the object is-

• absorbed
• stopped
• reflected
• refracted

The form of energy that moves particles of matter is _________ __________.

• light energy
• thermal energy
• sun energy
• Tunazi's energy

A metal rod, a plastic rod, and a wooden rod are all placed in boiling water. Which is going to conduct the most heat?

• The metal rod
• The plastic rod
• The wooden rod
• All will conduct heat equally

If a material transfers heat easily, then the material is said to be a good ___________.

• Conductor
• Insulator
• Convector
• Metalloid

The temperature where water turns from a liquid to a solid.

• melting point - 0 degrees Celsius
• freezing point - 0 degrees Celsius
• boiling point - 100 degrees Celsius
• freezing point - 100 degrees Celsius