Waves
Electromagnetism
Heat and Heat Transfer
Motion and Forces
Conservation Laws
100
___________ describes the height of the wave
What is amplitude?
100
This is the flow of electricity through a wire
What is current?
100
This is the process of transferring heat by direct contact
What is conduction? Or, heat conduction
100
How fast an object is moving
What is speed?
100
The product of mass times velocity
What is momentum?
200
____________ is the amount of time to complete one cycle of a wave
What is period?
200
This slows down the current in a circuit
What is resistance?
200
This is the average kinetic energy of the atoms in an object
What is temperature?
200
The amount which an object is speeding up
What is acceleration?
200
given by force times distance
What is work?
300
Sound is an example of this type of wave.
What is longitudinal wave?
300
This is a material that allows electricity to flow
What is a conductor?
300
This is the process of transferring heat through a gas or a liquid
What is convection?
300
How fast an object is moving AND its direction
What is velocity?
300
Given by the amount of work divided by amount of time
What is power?
400
________________ is the bending of a wave when it enters a new medium
What is refraction?
400
This is a measure of the potential energy in the circuit
What is Voltage?
400
When two objects are in contact and at the same temperature, they are said to be in this state.
What is thermal equilibrium?
400
An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force.
What is Newton's first law?
400
energy from motion
What is kinetic energy?
500
The Doppler effect changes the ___________ of a wave when you move towards or away from the source of the wave.
What is frequency?
500
This is a material that does not allow electricity to flow
What is an insulator?
500
The amount of energy needed to change the temperature of a specific material
What is specific heat? Or, specific heat capacity
500
The frictional force on an object when it is not moving
What is static friction?
500
Energy that is stored in an object
What is potential energy?
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