Unit 5 Vocabulary

What is electricity?

• A type of food

• Energy carried over wires

• A kind of animal

• A type of weather

What does energy mean?

• A supply of power

• A type of plant

• A kind of music

• A type of clothing

What does opaque mean?

• Allows light to pass through

• Prevents light from shining through

• Makes things invisible

• Changes colors

What is the shape of something concave?

• Curving outward

• Curving inward

• Flat

• Square

What does convex mean?

• Curving inward

• Flat

• Rounded or curving outward

• Square

What does translucent mean?

• Lets all light pass through

• Blocks all light

• Lets some light pass through, making a blurry image

• Changes light color

What does transparent mean?

• Blocks all light

• Allows most light to shine through

• Changes light color

• Makes things invisible

What is a spectrum?

• A type of plant

• A kind of animal

• The distribution of all the colors that make up the light we see

• A type of weather

What is vibration?

• Slow movement

• Rapid movement back and forth

• Staying still

• Moving in circles

What is a medium in terms of light or sound?

• A type of food

• A substance that light or sound can travel through

• A kind of animal

• A type of weather