Mission 3 Terms

Alternating Current (AC)
carbon footprint
circuit
circuit breaker
coal
combustion
direct current (DC)
electric current
electrical conductor
electrical insulator
electromagnet
energy portfolio
fossil fuel
fuel
fuse
generator
global warming
ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI)
hydrocarbon
hydroelectric energy
internal combustion engine
magnetic field
natural gas
non-renewable
nuclear fission
Ohm's Law
oil
petroleum
power distribution grid
renewable
resistance
turbine
voltage

Please turn your initial definitions in by April 30th.

Egg-tastic

Congratulations to all Mission 2 teams on the Egg Drop!! You all worked hard and deserve to give yourselves a pat on the back!

Unit 4- Mission 2 Vocabulary

Please define these words in your science notebook. The first due date is February 4th or 5th.

amplitude

compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)

compression

compression wave

conduction

conductor

Conservation of Energy

crest

efficiency

electromagnetic wave

energy transfer

energy transformation

frequency

heat

insulator

mechanical wave

radiation

rarefaction

system

temperature

thermal energy

transverse wave

trough

wave

wavelength