Energy & Waves

The ability to do work.

• Electricity

• Insulator

• Energy

• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Energy can be classified into 2 main groups.

• Light work and heavy work

• Kinetic and potential

• Mass and volume

• Wavelength and frequency

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Heat transferred through touching.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

Heat transferred through waves.

• Convection

• Conduction

• Radiation

The type of energy associated with the movement of electric charges.

• Magnetic energy

• Electrical energy

• Nuclear energy

• Chemical energy

The total energy within a substance, measured in units of heat and temperature.

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

• Elastic energy

• Gravitational energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Substances that are insulators of heat.

• Aluminum, silver, gold

• Cotton, felt, plastic

• Nickel, copper, zinc

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Warm water rises and cool water sinks in

• conduction

• radiation currents

• convection currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Sound travels in which type of wave?

• longitudinal

• transverse

• surface

Which type of wave is this?

• longitudinal

• transverse

• surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1