Energy Vocab
Light Vocab
Light
Energy
Miscellaneous
100
The ability to perform work
What is energy?
100
The band of color in light passing through a prism
What is spectrum?
100
This is what causes a spoon in a glass of water to look broken or bent
What is refraction?
100
The energy stored by something that can stretch or compress
what is elastic potential energy?
100
The initial (first) push or pull on an object
What is action force?
200
The energy of a MOVING object
What is kinetic energy?
200
The transfer of energy when a wave disappears into a surface
What is absorption?
200
This tool can be used to observe the properties of reflected light
What is a mirror?
200
A battery is an example of this kind of energy
What is chemical potential energy?
200
When forces act on an object without changing its motion
What are balanced forces?
300
The energy that is stored in the position or structure of an object
Wha tis potential energy?
300
The bending of waves as they pass from one substance to another
What is refraction?
300
Wax paper would be considered this type of material
What is translucent?
300
A rock sitting on a hill is an example of this type of energy
What is gravitational potential energy?
300
A force that causes an object to change is motion
What is an unbalanced force?
400
The energy stored in an object above Earth's surface
What is gravitational potential energy?
400
A term used for any wave that hits a surface and bounces off
What is reflection?
400
Seeing your reflection in a puddle of water is caused by this
What is reflected light?
400
A sling shot is an example of what kind of energy?
What is Elastic potential energy?
400
A force that opposes the motion of one object moving past another
What is friction?
500
Energy stored in links between atoms
What is chemical potential energy?
500
The distance between one peak and the next in a wave
What is wavelength?
500
This type of object lets little to no light through it
What is opaque?
500
If an object is in motion it is said to have this type of energy
What is kinetic energy?
500
Any push or pull from one object to another
What is force?
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