5th Grade Vocabulary Part 3

What can you build with a bulb, a battery, and a wire?

• A radio
• A lamp
• A toaster
• A simple circuit

The transfer of negatively charged particles between materials. Lightning is an example.

• thermal energy
• static electricity
• magnetism
• electric current

Wrapping a wire around metal containing iron to make a closed circuit creates a(n) ____________.

• electromagnet
• insulator
• conductor
• magnet

A current flowing through a wire creates a(n) ____________.

• magnetic field
• thermal field
• gravitational field
• electric field

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A form of mechanical energy that is produced by vibrations.

• sound
• light
• heat
• electricity

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Sound travels in this type of wave.

• Compression waves

• Mechanical waves
• Electromagnetic waves
• Transverse waves

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How high or low a sound is.

• Volume
• Timbre
• Frequency
• Pitch

Radiant energy that can be seen by the human eye.

• Visible light
• X-rays
• Infrared light
• Ultraviolet light

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