Physics Vocab Words

2. All points on a wave oscillate along routes that are perpendicular to the wave's advance direction.
5. There is a loss of kinetic energy in this collision.
7. a wave that vibrates in the propagation direction
9. any of a number of compounds that prevent or slow the flow of electrical or thermal currents.
11. Heat, work, temperature, and energy are all studied in connection to each other.
12. a thermodynamic number that represents the inability of a system's thermal energy to be converted into mechanical work, and is commonly understood as the system's degree of disorder or randomness.
13. a force that acts on a body for a short period of time and causes a finite change in momentum.
14. energy stored as a result of deforming an elastic item with a force.
15. a moving body's amount of motion, calculated as a function of its mass and velocity

1. Heat is conveyed through the movement of a heated fluid such as air or water.
3. energy emitted or transmitted in the form of waves or particles
4. When there is a differential in temperature or electrical potential between contiguous regions, heat or electricity is directly conveyed through a substance without the material moving.
6. It has energy within it.
8. The total momentum of a system remains constant in an isolated collection of items because motion never changes.
10. The state in which two things in physical contact do not exchange any heat energy.