Mr. Chapa's Physical Science Vocabulary w/ Pics

A special mixture in which one or more substances are completely dissolved in another substance.

• solution

• mixture

• substance

• chemical

Objects made of glass or plastic found in cameras, hand lens and glasses that refract light.

• mirrors

• windows

• lenses

• solids

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Objects or materials that do not allow any light to go through them. You cannot see anything through these objects or materials.

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• transmission

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

Objects or materials that allow some light to go through them. You cannot see clearly through these objects or materials.

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• transmission

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NGSS.5-PS1-3

Objects or materials that allow all the light to go through them. You can see clearly through these objects or materials.

• transparent

• translucent

• opaque

• transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The transfer of heat by direct contact with the heat source.

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• transmission

The transfer of heat by gases or liquids.

• convection

• radiation

• conduction

• transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The transfer of heat by rays, waves or particles by the sun, fire and other heat sources.

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• transmission

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The energy of movement by an object or substance.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The energy that is stored in an object or substance that could be in possible motion.

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• sound energy

• potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2