Heat & Electricity Vocabulary

What is the energy of moving particles?

• heat

• electricity

• Thermal energy

• sound

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another?

• heat

• light

• electricity

• thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the transfer of thermal energy through direct contact?

• convection

• radiation

• electricity

• conduction

What is a material called that allows heat or electricity to easily flow through it?

• insulator

• conductor

• radiation

• electric current

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the transfer of thermal energy through the circulation of fluids or gasses?

• conduction

• radiation

• convection

• electricity

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is a material called that does not allow heat or electricity to flow through it easily?

• conductor

• convection

• radiation

• insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

What is the transfer of heat through waves without matter to carry it?

• radiation

• convection

• conduction

• electricity

What is the flow of electric charges?

• series circuit

• electric current

• parallel circuit

• radiation

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

What is a circuit with one path for electric current? If one light bulb goes out in this path, all light bulbs go out.

• series circuit

• parallel circuit

• electric current

• conductor

What is a circuit with multiple paths for electric current? If one light bulb goes out in this circuit, the other light bulbs should stay lit.

• convection

• parallel circuit

• series circuit

• electric circuit