Energy and Motion
This is the type of energy that occurs when something is moving.
What is kinetic energy?
The electricity that occurs when you rub a balloon on your head and your hair sticks up.
What is static electricity?
The parts of an experiment that do not change.
What are constants?
The type of data that is collected based on your five senses.
What is qualitative data?
The force that causes a ball to drop back down to Earth when you throw it in the air.
What is gravity?
A circuit is built and the lightbulb turns on. This is an example of a __________ circuit.
What is a closed circuit?
The "If...then..." statement that guides the experiment.
What is the hypothesis?
The type of circuit that does not allow energy to flow.
What is an open circuit?
A roller coaster is going around its track at 60mph. The characteristic being described is __________.
What is motion?
This type of material does not allow electricity to easily flow through it.
What is an insulator?
The type of measurement that uses measured data in the form of numbers.
What is quantitative?
This type of material allows electricity to flow through it easily.
What is a conductor?
The force that causes you to slow down when you use the brakes on your bike.
What is friction?
The part of a circuit that opens and closed the flow of electricity.
What is a switch?
The part of the experiment that the scientist changes.
What is the independent variable?
A ball sitting at the top of a hill has a lot of _________ energy.
What is potential?
The force required to push a heavy object is ________ than the force required to push a light object.
What is greater?
The electrical transformation that occurs when you turn on a lamp and the lightbulb lights up.
What is electrical energy to radiant energy?
The part of the experiment that is measured by the scientist.
What is the dependent variable?
Mrs. Muyard's favorite classroom decorations.
What are pink flamingos?