Science Vocabulary Quiz

What is the process called when two atoms fuse together releasing tremendous amounts of energy and light?

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• Conduction

• Convection

Nuclear fission is a nuclear reaction that occurs when the nuclei of an atom is (a)   releasing tremendous amounts of energy.

• combined

• split

• heated

• cooled

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• Nutation

• Slow movement of an object as it spins in a circular wobble pattern.

• Precession

• Process by which heat or electrical energy is transferred from one object to another through physical contact.

• Convection

• Periodic variation in the circular wobble of a spinning object.

• Conduction

• Circular pattern where hot substance goes up & cold substance goes down.

What is the slow movement of an object as it spins in a circular wobble pattern called?

• Nutation

• Precession

• Conduction

• Radiation

Nutation is perceived as a rocking, swaying, or nodding motion of the axis in what pattern?

• Circular

• Linear

• Random

• Zigzag

Conduction is the process by which heat or electrical energy is transferred from one object to another through (a)   .

• radiation

• convection

• physical contact
• magnetic fields

Convection involves a circular pattern where hot (less dense substance) goes up & cold (more dense substance) goes (a)   .

• Up

• Down

• Sideways

• Nowhere

What is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves or because of moving subatomic particles called?

• Conduction

• Convection

• Radiation

• Nutation

Electromagnetic radiation includes which of the following?

• Visible light

• Sound waves

• Heat

• Pressure

What does the prefix 'chrom-' mean?

• Below

• Color

• Light

• Heat