Vocabulary Quiz on Energy and Matter

What is the definition of Heat ?

• A) A device to control the flow of electricity.

• B) The quality of being hot; high temperature.

• C) A substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

• D) The flow of energy caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

What does Radiation refer to in the context of energy?

• A) The transfer of energy.

• B) The outward spread of energy in all directions.

• C) Energy that allows organisms to see.

• D) A force caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

What's the definition of Light?

• A) Energy that can be heard.

• B) A material that energy can easily flow through.

• C) Energy that allows organisms to see.

• D) The quality of being hot; high temperature.

What's the definition of Sound?

• A) A device to control the flow of electricity.

• B) Energy that allows organisms to see.

• C) Energy that can be heard.

• D) The outward spread of energy in all directions.

What is the definition of Wave?

• A) A material that energy can easily flow through.

• B) The quality of being hot; high temperature.

• C) The transfer of energy.

• D) A substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

What is Electric Charge characterized ?

• A) The flow of energy caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

• B) A force caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

• C) A substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

• D) The outward spread of energy in all directions.

What is the definition of Electric Current?

• A) A force caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

• B) The quality of being hot; high temperature.

• C) The flow of energy caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

• D) A device to control the flow of electricity.

What does Conductor mean in the context of energy?

• A) A material that energy can easily flow through.

• B) The transfer of energy.

• C) A substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

• D) Energy that can be heard.

What is the definition of Insulator ?

• A) A device to control the flow of electricity.

• B) A material that energy can easily flow through.

• C) A substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

• D) The flow of energy caused by the movement of negative and positive particles.

What is the definition of Resistor?

• A) The quality of being hot; high temperature.

• B) A substance which does not readily allow the passage of heat or sound.

• C) A device to control the flow of electricity.

• D) The outward spread of energy in all directions.