Savvas Science Vocab

 What causes matter to move or change and also gives matter the ability to do work?

• matter

• energy

• current

• circuit

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 the “stuff” all around us. It exists in different states. The pencil used to do your homework, cold water after exercise, and ourselves are made of this. This is the “stuff” all around us.

• matter

• energy

• current

• circuit

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 a complete path along which electric current flow

• matter

• energy

• current

• circuit

  is an electrical circuit that has only one path for electricity to flow through and the resistors arranged in a row.

• Pitch Circuit 

• Series Circuit

• Wave Circuit 

• Light Circuit

an electrical circuit with more than one path for electricity to flow through.

• Parallel Circuit 

• Series Circuit

• Wave Circuit 

• Light Circuit

A substance or object that allows energy (such as heat or electricity)   to move through it efficiently.

• conductor

• electron

• current

• insulator

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tiny particles of matter that have a negative electrical charge and travel around the nucleus of an atom.  

• conductor

• electron

• current

• insulator

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the movement  of negative charges from one place to another through a wire.

• conductor

• electron

• current

• insulator

does  not let electricity or heat travel through them easily.  Some materials, like rubber, glass, and wood are good examples of these. 

• conductor

• electron

• current

• insulator

 A type of energy warms things up with the movement of molecules.

• conductor

• electron

• heat energy

• energy

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