A to E Vocabulary

the maximum amount of a substance that can be dissolved by another substance

• Dissolve

• Solubility

• Insulator

• Conduct

energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance

• Thermal energy

• Heat energy

• Friction energy

• Electric energy

a characteristic of matter that can be observed, measured, or tested

• Physical education

• Physical matter

• Physical property

• Relative density

an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Flow of energy

an organism that uses energy from the Sun to make its own food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Energy transfer

a closed path through which an electrical current flows

• Electric energy

• Electric current

• Complete circuit

• Complete circus

the movement of energy from one object to another

• Flow of energy

• Producer

• Consumer

• Energy transfer

the movement of energy from one organism to another in a food chain or food web

• Food web

• Consumer

• Flow of energy

• Energy transfer

to cover or surround with a material that reduces or stops the flow of energy

• Insulator

• Electric current

• Conductor

• Solubility

the energy of charged particles

• Electric current

• Electric energy

• Complete circuit

• Electric zoom