WorksheetsPhysical Science Vocab
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the energy an object has because of its motion?
kinetic energy
potential energy
velocity
mass
Joule
What is the amount of energy that is stored in an object?
kinetic energy
potential energy
velocity
mass
Joule
What is a unit of measurement of energy?
kinetic Energy
acceleration
velocity
Mass
Joule
What is the a change in the velocity of an object?
kinetic energy
acceleration
Velocity
Mass
Joule
What is the speed and direction of moving objects?
potential energy
acceleration
Velocity
Mass
Joule
What is the amount of matter in an object?
kinetic energy
acceleration
velocity
mass
Joule
What is a force applied to an object over a distance?
kinetic energy
potential energy
velocity
mass
work
Energy cannot be created out of nothing, nor can it be completely destroyed. Energy can only change its form.
kinetic energy
potential energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
work
These are shear waves. They are slower than P-waves. They are the waves you feel after the initial waves. They move rock the way gelatin jiggles in a bowl.
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Transverse Wave
P-Waves
S-Waves
These are pressure waves. They are most similar to sound glossary term (opens in a new window)waves. They travel as regions of expansion and compression through solid glossary term (opens in a new window)rock and liquid glossary term (opens in a new window)rock (or magma). Like sound waves, they are longitudinal glossary term (opens in a new window) waves.
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Transverse Wave
P-Waves
S-Waves
What is the material that has mass and takes up some amount of space?
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Transverse Wave
P-Waves
S-Waves
What is a wave that occurs when the particles of a medium are displaced perpendicularly to the direction of the wave?
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Transverse Wave
P-Waves
S-Waves
What is a wave that occurs when the particles of a medium move parallel to the direction of the wave?
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Transverse Wave
P-Waves
S-Waves
What is the number of cycles a wave completes in a period of time?
Frequency
Trough
Crest
Amplitude
Wavelength
What is the lowest point of a wave?
Peak
Trough
Crest
Amplitude
Wavelength
What is the highest point of a wave?
Frequency
Trough
Crest or Peak
Amplitude
Wavelength
What is the distance between one peak and the next on a wave?
Frequency
Trough
Crest or Peak
Amplitude
Wavelength
What is the height or "strength" of a wave?
Frequency
Trough
Crest or Peak
Amplitude
Wavelength
What is the full range of frequencies of electromagnetic waves?
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Radiation
S-Waves
What is a general term for electromagnetic energy? (NOT the spectrum)
Longitudinal Wave
Matter
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Radiation
S-Waves
What means to strike a surface and bounce back in the opposite direction?
Reflection
Concave
Convex
Refraction
What means curved inward?
Reflection
Concave
Convex
Refraction
What means curved outward?
Reflection
Concave
Convex
Refraction
What means to bend light as it passes through a material?
Reflection
Concave
Convex
Refraction
What describes materials through which light can travel; materials that can be seen through?
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Light Energy
What describes materials that allow some light to travel through them, but not enough to see through the material?
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Light Energy
What describes an object that light cannot travel through?
Transparent
Translucent
Opaque
Light Energy
What is a form of energy that animals can see directly; visible electromagnetic radiation
Longitudinal Waves
Electromagnetic Radiation
Reflection
Light Energy
