The GED Science Test: Physical Science I

This list covers energy, heat, and waves.
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  1. amplitude
    the maximum displacement of a periodic wave
  2. circuit
    an electrical device providing a path for current to flow
  3. compression
    the process of becoming smaller or pressed together
  4. conduction
    the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
  5. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  6. crest
    the top or extreme point of something
  7. current
    a flow of electricity through a conductor
  8. emission
    the act of causing to flow forth
  9. endothermic
    occurring or formed with absorption of heat
  10. energy
    the capacity of a physical system to do work
  11. exothermic
    occurring or formed with the release of heat
  12. frequency
    the number of occurrences within a given time period
  13. heat
    a form of energy transferred by a difference in temperature
  14. kinetic
    relating to the motion of material bodies and their forces
  15. magnetism
    attraction for iron
  16. medium
    an intervening substance through which something is achieved
  17. nuclear
    of, relating to, or constituting the dense center of an atom
  18. period
    the interval to complete one cycle of a repeating phenomenon
  19. radiation
    energy transmitted in the form of rays or waves or particles
  20. rarefaction
    a decrease in the density of something
  21. temperature
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
  22. trough
    a narrow depression, as between waves
  23. ultraviolet
    radiation in a range with wave lengths shorter than light
  24. wave
    (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
  25. wavelength
    distance between successive crests of a periodic disturbance
Created on Thu Mar 11 12:16:07 EST 2021 (updated Fri Mar 12 09:50:42 EST 2021)

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