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Heat/Light/Sound Vocabulary

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Energy that makes particles of matter movethermal energy
Flow of thermal energy from one object to anotherheat
Tool used to measure temperaturethermometer
Slows or stops flow of energyinsulator
Material that heat flows through easilyconductor
Transfer of energy through spaceradiation
Transfer of heat when 2 objects touchconduction
Transfer heat through liquids or gasesconvection
Back and forth motion of soundvibrations
Area of crowded particles followed by widely spaced particlessound wave
Reflected soundecho
Distance from the peak of one wave to the peak of another wavewavelength
Number of vibrations a sound source makes in a given amount of timefrequency
Highness or lowness of soundpitch
Amount of energy in a sound waveamplitude
Loudness of soundvolume
Technology that uses sound waves to detect underwater objectssonar
Object that separates white light into colored bands of lightprism
Range of waves that make up lightelectromagnetic spectrum
Bending of light as it passes from one material to anotherrefraction
Tool used to reflect lightmirror
Thin clear tissue covering the eyecornea
Opening in the eyepupil
Colored part of the eyeiris
Lens thick on the edgesconcave
Lens thick in the middleconvex
Tissue covering the back of the eyeretina
Waves hitting a surface and bouncing off themreflection
Incoming angle is equal to outgoing anglelaw of reflection
Clearly see through objectstransparent
Kind of see through objectstranslucent
Can't see through objects at allopaque


4-6 Science Teacher
Plainview Elementary

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