1st Semester Vocab
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| Conductor | material that allows electric current or heat energy to flow through easily
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| Insulator | material that slows down or stops electric current or heat from flowing
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| Relative density | objects that are more dense sink in water and objects that are less dense float in water
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| Solubility | measurement of the ability of a solid to dissolve in a liquid
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| Mixture | combination of two or more substances where each keep their own properties and can be easily separated
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| Solution | mixture of one substance dissolved evenly in another
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| Dissolve | to become absorbed in a liquid, mixed evenly
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| Mechanical Energy | energy produced by a machine or moving part
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| Open Circuit | an electrical circuit that is not complete
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| Closed Circuit | an electrical circuit that is complete
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| Switch | opens and closes an electrical circuit
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| Series Circuit | Electrical circuit that only has one pathway. If one bulb or device breaks or is removed the entire circuit is opened and does not work.
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| Parallel Circuit | Electrical circuit that has more than one pathway. If one bulb or device breaks or is removed the electric circuit can continue working by using an alternate closed pathway.
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| Electromagnet | magnet created by running electric current through a piece of metal. It can be turned on and off by stopping the electric current.
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| Gram | metric unit that measures mass
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| Meter | metric unit that measures length
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| Refraction | energy waves that bend (change direction and speed) as they pass from one type of object to another type
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| Reflection | energy waves bouncing off the surface of an object
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| Transmit | to pass through a substance or object without being absorbed
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| Mirror | any object that has a reflective surface
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| Absorb | to take in all light; no light goes through
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| Medium | Matter that energy travels through
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| Lens | a clear piece of curved glass or plastic that bends passing light to focus or spread the light rays
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| Orbit | the path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space
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| Tides | rising and falling of the sea ocean caused by the gravity of the Moon
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| Waxing | the moon at any time after the new moon and before the full moon; the lit portion of the moon is increasing
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| Waning | the moon at any time after the full moon and before the new moon; the lit portion of the moon is decreasing
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| Full Moon | when we can see 100% of the lit up side of the moon
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| New Moon | when we can see 0% of the lit up side of the moon
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| Weather | describes the condition of the air outdoors such as temperature, cloud cover, wind speed, and rainfall
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| Climate | average weather condition of a region year after year
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