Vocabulary
Examples
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Energy
The Sun
100
The oscillation between two sounds that are close in frequency
What is beat
100
Small pushes to someone of a swing add together if they are applied at the right time.
What is Resonance
100
A device that transform chemical energy to electrical energy and provides electrical force in a circuit.
What is a battery
100
power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, to provide light and heat or to work machines.
What is energy
100
the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, particularly infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light
What is Sun radiation
200
The perception of high or low that you hear at different frequencies of sound
What is Pitch
200
When a French horn makes sounds by confining waves within tubes of different lengths
What is Standing Wve
200
long curved yellow fruit: a long and slightly curved fruit with creamy colored soft flesh and a skin that turns from green to yellow when ripe
What is a banana
200
energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.
What is kinetic energy
200
penetrating electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength than X-rays.
What is a gamma ray
300
The smallest possible amount of light, like a wave-bundle
What is Photon
300
When you make light with heat
What is Incandescence
300
a large white arctic bear that lives mainly on the pack ice. It is a powerful swimmer and feeds chiefly on seals.
What is a polar bear
300
the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.
What is potential energy
300
radiation lying in the ultraviolet range; wave lengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
What is ultraviolet radiation
400
The amount that a cycle moves away from equilibrium
What is Amplitude
400
In a concert hall, the reflected sound and direct sound from the musicians, along with sound reflected from the walls, creates a multiple echo
What is Reverberation
400
a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep.
What is a dream
400
that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction
What is chemical energy
400
electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths longer than visible light but shorter than radio waves
What is infrared radiation
500
An increase or decrease in frequency caused by the motion of a source of sound
What is Doppler Effect
500
To make light, fluorescent bulbs use high-voltage electricity to energize atoms of gas in the bulb
What is Fluorescence
500
a book that lists the words of a language in alphabetical order and gives their meaning, or that gives the equivalent words in a different language.
What is a dictionary
500
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
What is heat energy
500
A relatively high-energy photon having a wavelength in the approximate range from 0.01 to 10 nanometers.
What is x-ray radiation
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