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Science Voc Unit 5
Science Terms
Question | Answer |
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the transfer of radiant energy into a different form usually causing a rise in temperature | Absorption |
a continuous path of electrons going or moving around through wires | Circuit |
a material that allows electrons to move or that transfers heat easily | Conductor |
the highest part of a wave | Crest |
the rate of flow of electric charge past a given point in an electric circuit | Current |
the energy carried by electric current | electrical energy |
the interaction between electric charges | Electricity |
the ability to cause change | Energy |
the transfer of energy from one object to another | Heat |
the flow of heat from one object to another | Heat transfer |
a material in which electrons have restricted movement | Insulator |
a body, as a piece of iron or steel, that possesses the property of attracting certain substances, as iron | Magnet |
a device consisting of an iron or steel core that is magnetized by electric current in a coil that surrounds it | Electromagnet |