Science Vocab Part 1

the total kinetic energy and potential energy of all the particles in an object

• heat

• thermal energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

the energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object

• heat

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

has a definite shape and definite volume; particles are closely packed together

• liquid

• gas

• solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

has a definite liquid but no shape of its own; particles are close but not packed rigidly

• gas

• solid

• liquid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

has neither a definite shape or definite volume; particles flow freely and bounce off each other

• gas

• liquid

• solid

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

energy is neither created nor destroyed

• law of conservation of mass

• law of conservation of energy

• law of thermodynamics

• law of inertia

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance

• heat

• matter

• temperature

• Pressure

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

heat always transfers

• from cold objects to hot objects

• from cooler objects to warmer objects

• from warmer objects to cooler objects

• heat does not transfer

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Match the following

• transfer of heat when objects are touching

• radiation

• transfer of heat through the movement of fluids

• conduction

• transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves

• convection

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

determined by the distance a wave travels before it repeats

• amplitude

• crest

• wavelength

• Frequency