Potential & Kinetic
When light waves bounce off a surface
What is reflection?
A continuous flow of electric charges
What is an electric current?
In the Energy Swing lab, the higher the washers...
What is: the further the cup flew, the more potential energy...?
What insulators do
What is do not allow electricity to pass through easily?
The name for the energy of motion
What is kinetic energy?
When light waves bend
What is refraction?
Electricity that travels along a single pathway in a circuit
What is a series circuit?
In the Energy Swing lab, it's where the pendulum had the most potential energy.
What is at the top of each swing?
The name for the lowest point in a wavelenght
What is the trough?
A bike rolling down a hill
The name for the highest point of a light wave
What is the crest?
The type of electrical circuits found in a house
What are parallel circuits?
In the Point of View penny lab, the reason we were able to see the penny after water was poured in
What is the light waves slowed down and bent to the bottom of the cup?
The color shirt you should NOT wear on a warm and sunny day and why
What is a black shirt? The black color absorbs all of the light waves and turns them into heat waves, making you hot!
A diver standing atop a high dive platform
The distance from the top of one light wave crest to the top of the next crest
What is a wavelength?
Copper, aluminum, gold and water
What are conductors?
In the Make a Bulb Light lab, the name for the type of circuits we created
What are series circuits?
Name for the kind of energy that can run an appliance
What is electrical energy?
Energy is the ability to ______________.
What is do work?
The distance from the resting point to the crest of a light wave
What is the amplitude?
A device that changes chemical energy into electrical energy
What is an electric cell?
In the Make a Bulb Light lab, the scientific name for the battery
What is an electric cell?
The color with the longest wavelength and the color with the shortest wavelength
What are red (longest) and violet (shortest)?