Electricity
Sound and Light
Heat
Work and Machines
Units of Measurement
100

What do you call the movement of electrons from one place to another?

Electric Current

100
Why can we not hear sound in space?

There is no matter for the sound to travel through.

100

What common substance actually expands when frozen?

Water

100

In science, what is required for work to be done?

Movement / Something has to move.

100

Name the unit scientists use to measure temperature.

Celsius

200

What do you call a material that allows electricity to flow easily?

Conductor

200

What form of matter does sound travel fastest through?

Solid

200

Heat always moves from the _____ object to the _____ object.

Warmer to cooler

200

What type of simple machine is a ramp?

Inclined Plane

200

Name the unit used to measure electrical resistance.

Ohm (Ω)

300

Which type of circuit allows electrons to flow freely?

Closed circuit

300

What do you call the small bundles of energy that make up light?

Photons

300

What is the movement of heat through direct contact called?

Conduction

300

What type of simple machine is used to lift a flag on a flagpole?

Pulley

300

Name the unit used to measure the frequency of a sound.

Hertz (Hz)

400

In a series circuit, what happens to the other bulbs if one bulb burns out?

They all go out.

400

Light travels in the form of what type of waves?

Electromagnetic waves

400

What is the heat transfer by moving liquids or gases called?

Convection

400

What type of simple machine is a crowbar?

Lever

400
Name the unit used to measure the amount of force.

Newton

500

What is the equation (or triangle) for Ohm's Law?

I = V/R

500

Sound travels in the form of whaty type of waves?

Mechanical waves

500

What type of heat transfer travels through empty space?

Radiation

500

Name all six types of simple machines.

Lever, Pulley, Wheel and axle, Inclined plane, Wedge, Screw

500

Name the unit used to measure the amount of work done.

Joule