Energy
Heat
Electricity

Currents

Waves
Wave Behaviors
Light
Sound
Terms
Answer
Name
Misc.
Definitions

100

Energy of motion

Kinetic energy

100

Transfer of heat by moving liquid or gas; forms convection currents

Convection

100

Property that allows particles to attract and repel each other

Electric charge

100

Flow of electrons along a circuit

Current electricity

100

A series of waves

Wave train

100

Length of a single wave

Wavelength

100

Range of electromagnetic waves of light that the human eye can see

Visible light

100

Sound reflected from an object

Echo

100

Motion resulting from force

Work

100

Transfer of thermal energy from an object of higher temperature to an object of lower temperature

Heat

100

Energy caused by a disturbance moving through a substance

Wave energy

100

Rate at which a wave travels through its medium

Speed

100

Range of sound frequencies humans can hear

Audible sound

200

Stored energy

Potential energy

200

Hotness or coldness of an object; measure of kinetic energy in matter

Temperature

200

Buildup of electrical charge

Static electricity

200

Interrupted path of electricity; does not allow electrical current to flow

Open circuit

200

Highest point in a wave

Crest

200

Wave that bounces off an object

Reflected wave

200

Transmits light straight through

Transparent

200

Study of sound

Acoustics

200

Energy moved from one place to another

Transferred (or transmitted) energy

200

Interaction between electrons and other charged particles

Electricity

200

Back-and-forth movement that transfers energy

Wave

200

Scientist who studies physics

Physicist

200

Is this a closed or an open circuit?

Closed

300

One kind of energy change to another kind of energy

Converted energy

300

Heat energy

Thermal energy

300

One unit of voltage

Volt (V)

300

Uninterrupted path of electricity; allows an electrical current to flow

Closed circuit
300

Lowest point in a wave

Trough

300

Wave that bends when it enters a new medium

Refracted wave

300

Blocks light transmission

Opaque

300

Loudness or softness of a sound; strength of a sound wave

Intensity

300

Material that can easily transfer energy

Conductor

300

Material that cannot easily transfer energy

Insulator

300

To squeeze together

Compress

300

Empty space with no matter

Vacuum

300

Highness or lowness of a sound; effect of frequency on the way humans hear sound 

Pitch

400

Energy from the external motion of an object or the forces acting upon the object

Mechanical energy

400

Transfer of heat without matter; outward spreading of energy

Radiation

400

Amount of work done to "push" an electric charge from one place to another

Voltage

400

Machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy

Generator

400

Wave that transfers energy by oscillating the particles of a medium in the same direction of the wave

Longitudinal wave

400

Measure of a wave's strength, measured from its height to its resting position

Amplitude

400

Scatters light

Translucent

400

Part of a longitudinal wave in which particles of the medium are squeezed together

Compression pulse

400

Unit of energy

Joule (J)

400

Substance through which a wave transfers its energy

Medium

400

Unit used to measure wave frequency

Hertz (Hz)

400

Wave made of two transverse waves, one electric and one magnetic, oscillating at right angles to each other; having no need of a medium

Electromagnetic wave

400

Unit used to measure the intensity of sound

Decibel (dB)

500

Energy from the internal motion and forces of the atoms and molecules of an object

Nonmechanical energy

500

Transfer of thermal or electric energy through direct contact

Conduction

500

Process that discharges electric charge into the earth

Grounding

500

Device that converts current electricity into another useful form of energy

Load

500

Wave that transfers energy by oscillating the particles of a medium at right angles with the wave

Transverse wave

500

Number of waves that pass a given point per unit of time

Frequency

500

Giving off light energy

Luminous

500

Part of a longitudinal wave in which particles of the medium are spread out

Rarefaction pulse

500

Law stating that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transferred

Law of conservation of energy

500

Back-and-forth movement

Oscillation

500

Where the medium would be if there were no disturbance

Resting position

500

Lens that curves outward from the center

Convex lens

500

Lens that curves inward toward the center

Concave lens