Heat & Electricity Vocabulary

The pathway through which electricity flows

• conductor

• circuit

• sound

• electricity

A material that allows heat or an electric current to flow through easily

• heat energy

• conductor

• conversion

• motion

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A change in nature, form, or units

• motion

• circuit

• conversion

• solar energy

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Energy resulting from the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• conversion

• friction

• electricty

• electrical energy

The movement of energy from one object or material

• electrical energy

• friction

• energy transfer

• conductor

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The presence and flow of an electric charge

• electricity

• conductor

• motion

• solar energy

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A force that resists the motion of two surfaces sliding across one another

• friction

• energy transfer

• motion

• insulator

Energy that causes a change in temperature of materials

• sound

• heat energy

• motion

• solar energy

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A material through which heat or electricty does not easily flow

• conversion

• conductor

• motion

• insulator

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How an object moves from one place to another

• solar energy

• motion

• conductor

• circuit

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