Force/Energy Vocab Test

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• a force of attraction to a magnet

• force

• a push or a pull

• friction

• a force that resists motion

• magnetism

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• investigation

• a well researched prediction

• hypothesis

• a force that pulls down towards the center of a mass

• gravity

• a set steps followed to answer a testable question

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• sound energy

• energy we can hear

• energy

• energy of motion

• mechanical energy

• the ability to do work

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• transfer

• the substance through which a wave can travel

• wave

• to pass from one place to another

• medium

• a pattern of motion that transfers energy from one place to another

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

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• flow

• a material that allows energy to flow

• conductor

• a material that stops the flow of energy

• insulator

• to move in one direction

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• electrical energy

• the energy of charged particles

• thermal energy

• heat energy

• metal

• a common material for conductors

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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• wire

• thin, flexible conductor of electricity

• battery

• a power source

• circuit

• path along which an electrical current flows

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• output device

• the flow of electrons in a circuit

• switch

• could be a light bulb, buzzer or motor

• electrical current

• controls the flow of electricity

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• opaque

• allows some light to travel through

• translucent

• allows all light to travel through

• transparent

• does not allow light to travel through

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2