circuits
vocab: the presence
and/or flow of electricity
charges
electricity
vocab: a disturbance that
carries energy from one
location to another location.
wave
__ is the energy of motion.
kinetic energy
what is a measure of the gravitational force on an object
weight
__ means the ability to do work.
energy
Electric Currents are
like what?
roller coasters.
vocab: requires a medium to transport its energy.
mechanical wave
A ___ is matter with a definite shape and definite volume.
solid
What is the rate at which velocity changes or the rate at which you speed up, slow down, or change directions?
acceleration
All energy can be in one of two states. What are those two types
potential energy or kinetic energy.
vocab: what is the potential difference between two
points in a circuit.
voltage
vocab: medium moves in a direction perpendicular to the direction that the wave moves.
transverse wave
A ___ is matter that has a definite volume but no definite shape.
liquid
What is the force of attraction between all objects in the universe?
gravity
___ is stored energy due to an object’s position--energy ready to go.
Potential energy
Circuits control what?
The movement of
electric current by providing
paths for electrons to follow.
all waves must have ___ to travel
energy
What has LOTS of kinetic energy?
gas
what is the speed of an object in a particular direction.
velocity
___ is the energy stored in elastic materials as a result of their stretching or compressing.
Elastic potential energy
what type of pathway do circuits follow?
fixed pathways.
The ____ can be measured by counting the number of crests or compressions that pass The point in 1 second.
frequency
Used in fluorescent light bulbs and Neon lights and also has the greatest amount of kinetic energy
plasma
what is the rate at which an object moves
rate
Potential energy that is related to an object's
Height above the ground is known as ____.
gravitational potential energy