Physical Science Vocabulary

a science tool that is used to bend light waves

• prism

• balance beam

• microscope

• thermometer

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when light bounces off of an object or when sound echoes off a cliff

• refraction

• absorption

• reflection

• pitch

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When light waves bend as they travel from one medium to another

• reflection

• refraction

• absorption

• force

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an object that completely blocks light and does not allow any to pass through

• transparent

• inertia

• translucent

• opaque

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when light or sound is sucked up by matter, and changes form.

• absorption

• transparent

• reflection

• refraction

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how high or low a sound is

• volume

• amplitude

• pitch

• medium

when all forces acting on an object are equal, there is no change in motion.

• balanced force

• unbalanced force

• medium

• mass

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matter through which a wave travels, solid, liquid, or gas

• inertia

• prism

• medium

• mass

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a push or a pull

• mass

• inertia

• reflect

• force

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The height of a wave from the rest point, deals with volume.

• frequency

• pitch

• amplitude

• mass

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