Vocabulary
Forces
Energy
Electricity
100

When energy is stored and not doing work.

What is potential energy?

100

Which force pulls you down a playground slide?

What is gravity

100

A parked car shows this type of energy.

What is potential energy?

100

These are the names of the sides of a battery.

What are negative and positive?

200

When energy is moving and doing work.

What is kinetic energy?

200

A force that separates objects away from each other.

What is a push?

200

A swimmer uses this type of energy to swim. 

What is kinetic energy?

200

Electrical energy is stored in here. 

What is a battery?

300

Anything that does work requires this to do it

What is energy?

300

A force that brings objects closer together.

What is a pull?

300

Name three surfaces with low friction.

plastic, metal, ice, others

300
A material that electricity can move through.

What is a conductor?

400

A force that slows down the movement of an object.

What is friction?

400

Name 2 surfaces with high friction.

Sandpaper, cardboard, jeans, other

400

A light bulb uses this type of electricity.

What is electrical energy?

400

When electricity moves from a battery, through a conductor, to a source, and back to the battery.

What is a complete circuit? 

500

A push or pull that changes the position of an object.

What is force?

500

When two forces are equal to one another.

What is balance?

500

The sun uses this type of energy. 

What is heat energy?

500
Name 3 examples of things that use electricity. 

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