Unit 2: Energy - Vocabulary

Automobile Wiring

• Responsible for transmitting electrical signals and power between various components and systems in a car.

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected end-to-end in a single path, so the same current flows through each component sequentially

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected across common points or junctions, creating multiple paths for the current to flow.

• A system in which no matter is allowed to enter or leave.

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Electrical Energy

• Responsible for transmitting electrical signals and power between various components and systems in a car.

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected across common points or junctions, creating multiple paths for the current to flow.

• Energy related to forces on electrically charged particles and the movement of those particles

• The transfer of thermal energy through currents in fluids.

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Parallel Circuit

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected end-to-end in a single path, so the same current flows through each component sequentially

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected across common points or junctions, creating multiple paths for the current to flow.

• Properties of particles that cause them to attract or repel each other. Can be either positive or negative.

• A complete route that an electric current can flow around in an everyday situation, such as a car or a house

Real-World Circuit

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected across common points or junctions, creating multiple paths for the current to flow.

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected end-to-end in a single path, so the same current flows through each component sequentially

• A system in which no matter is allowed to enter or leave.

• A complete route that an electric current can flow around in an everyday situation, such as a car or a house

Series Circuit

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected end-to-end in a single path, so the same current flows through each component sequentially

• An electrical circuit in which components are connected across common points or junctions, creating multiple paths for the current to flow.

• Process by which energy moves from one place or object to another

• Responsible for transmitting electrical signals and power between various components and systems in a car.

Energy Transfer

• A set of physical components arranged to interact with each other to perform a specific function involving motion and forces.

• The internal energy of a system, including the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.

• Process by which energy moves from one place or object to another

• Any complex structure that exhibits the characteristics of life.

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Electrical Charges

• Properties of particles that cause them to attract or repel each other. Can be either positive or negative.

• An invisible area around a magnet or electric current where magnetic forces can act on materials like iron. It influences the direction and movement of other magnets and electric currents within its range.

• The emission or transmission of energy as particles or waves.

• Energy related to forces on electrically charged particles and the movement of those particles

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Magnetic Fields

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed—it can only change forms.

• An invisible area around a magnet or electric current where magnetic forces can act on materials like iron. It influences the direction and movement of other magnets and electric currents within its range.

• The emission or transmission of energy as particles or waves.

• A system in which no matter is allowed to enter or leave.

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Closed System

• Any complex structure that exhibits the characteristics of life.

• Atmospheric conditions and phenomena that work together to create specific weather patterns over a particular area.

• A system in which no matter is allowed to enter or leave.

• The internal energy of a system, including the kinetic and potential energy of its particles.

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Conservation of Energy

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed—it can only change forms.

• The transfer of energy from one medium to another through direct contact.

• The emission or transmission of energy as particles or waves.

• The transfer of energy from one medium to another through direct contact.

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