Force/Energy Vocab Test

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• a force of attraction to a magnet

• force

• a force that resists motion

• magnetism

• a push or a pull

• friction

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• hypothesis

• a force that pulls down towards the center of a mass

• investigation

• a set steps followed to answer a testable question

• gravity

• a well researched prediction

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• mechanical energy

• energy we can hear

• sound energy

• the ability to do work

• energy

• energy of motion

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• transfer

• a pattern of motion that transfers energy from one place to another

• wave

• the substance through which a wave can travel

• medium

• to pass from one place to another

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

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• insulator

• to move in one direction

• flow

• a material that allows energy to flow

• conductor

• a material that stops the flow of energy

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• metal

• a common material for conductors

• thermal energy

• heat energy

• electrical energy

• the energy of charged particles

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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• wire

• path along which an electrical current flows

• battery

• a power source

• circuit

• thin, flexible conductor of electricity

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• output device

• the flow of electrons in a circuit

• electrical current

• could be a light bulb, buzzer or motor

• switch

• controls the flow of electricity

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• transparent

• does not allow light to travel through

• opaque

• allows some light to travel through

• translucent

• allows all light to travel through

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2