Forms of Energy Vocabulary

Stored energy 

• Thermal Energy
• Stored Mechanical Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

Compressed springs and stretched rubber bands are examples.

• Potential Energy
• Stored Mechanical Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Kinetic Energy

The internal energy in substances-the vibration or movement of atoms and molecules in substances. 

• Radiant Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Electrical Energy

Energy of place or position. 

• Gravitational Energy
• Mechanical Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Chemical Energy

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom-the energy that holds the nucleus together. The energy in the nucleus of a uranium atom is an example.

• Electrical Energy
• Nuclear Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Potential Energy

Electromagnetic energy that travels in transverse waves. 

• Sound Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Gravitational Energy

Motion Energy

• Stored Mechanical Energy
• Potential Energy
• Electrical Energy
• Kinetic Energy

Movement of electrons. 

• Nuclear Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Mechanical Energy
• Electrical Energy

The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

• Energy can created or destroyed but not transformed 
• Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed
• Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS3-3

NGSS.HS-PS3-4

A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency