Force, Motion, and Energy Vocabulary

When light bounces off the surface of an object

• reflect

• refract

• conductor

Material that allows heat or electricity to easily flow through it

• conductor

• insulator

• circuit

Energy from movement (moving parts)

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Light

• Sound

A path in which electrical charges can flow

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• complete circuit

• current

The bending of light as it passes from one substance to another

• reflect

• refract

• bounce

Material through which heat or electricity does not easily flow

• conductor

• insulator

• water

• metal

Energy that travels as waves through the air or water and vibrates the eardrum upon contact

• mechanical

• electrical

• thermal

• sound

Closed circuit in which the current follows one path (when one light goes out, they all go out)

• parallel

• series

• current

Energy resulting from the flow of charged particles

• mechanical

• electrical

• thermal

• sound

A push or a pull

• force

• motion

• work