Unit 3 Vocabulary Quiz

Energy stored in chemical bonds and released through chemical reactions

• Chemical Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Energy Transformation

• Insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form

• Energy Conversion

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• System

• Energy Transformation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes

• Heat

• Thermal Energy

• Radiation

• Conduction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space; part of the electromagnetic spectrum

• Light Energy

• Sound Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-1

A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole

• Chemical Energy

• Convert

• System

• Conductor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A form of energy that is made by vibrations and requires a medium (air, water, or solids) to travel

• Kinetic Energy

• Sound Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Nuclear Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

A form of energy produced by a machine or moving part

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Light Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the transformation of energy from forms provided by nature to forms that can be used by humans

• Energy Conversion

• Convert

• System

• Convection Current

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Scientific law stating that energy can be neither created nor destroyed but just changes form

• Heat

• Convert

• System

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Average kinetic energy of all the particles in a material; measured by a thermometer in degrees (usually degrees Celsius or degrees Fahrenheit)

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Temperature

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4