Core Vocabulary List, Physics

absorption
acceleration
action/reaction pair
amplitude
angle of incidence
angle of refraction
applied force
atomic structure
attractive force
centripetal
acceleration
centripetal force
charged particle
circuit element
closed system
coefficient of friction
conductivity range
conductor
constant velocity
cosmic level
critical angle
curved mirror
digital analysis
direction of
propagation
discrete packet
discrete values
dispersive medium
Doppler effect
elastic potential
energy
electric charges
electric circuit
electric field
electrical energy
electrical power
electro-weak force
electromagnetic
energy
electromagnetic
radiation
electromagnetic wave
elementary charge
equilibrium
field strength
free fall
frequency
friction
friction
gravitational field
gravitational force
gravitational potential
energy
ideal mechanical
system
impulse
inertia
internal energy
internal reflection
inverse square law
kinetic energy
Law of conservation
of energy
linear motion
longitudinal
magnetic field
maximum frictional
force
mechanical energy
mechanical wave
medium
momentum
natural frequency
net force
nuclear energy
Ohm’s Law
oscillating charge
oscillating system
parallel circuit
period
periodic wave
perpendicular
components
phase
photon
plane mirror
polarization
polychromatic light
potential difference
potential energy
power
Principle of
Superposition
projectile path
pulse
quantization
quantum nature of
fundamental forces
quark
real image
reflection
refraction
relative index of
refraction
relative motion
repulsive force
resistance
resonance
scalar quantity
schematic diagram
series circuit
spring constant
standing wave
strong force
subnuclear
subnuclear level
charge
tangental velocity
temperature
thermal energy
time-rate
total energy of a
system
transmission
transmitted wave
transverse
transverse wave

unbalanced force