Energy Vocabulary

What is energy?

• moving from one place to another

• the power to do things

• the ability to do work/cause change

• doing jumping jacks

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What is potential energy?

• The energy that is stored in objects by a certain force

• One of the two types of energy; is stored energy and the energy of position

• One of the two types of energy; moving energy

• the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

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What is kinetic energy?

• One of the two types of energy; motion

• moving from one place to another

• One of the two types of energy; energy of position

• a ball rolling across the floor

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What is motion energy?

• energy of position or place

• stored energy

• The energy when an object or substance vibrates; produces noise

• The movement of objects and substances from one place to another

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What is thermal energy?

• a fire burning in a fireplace

• The heat energy of substances due to the atoms and molecules vibration

• The energy of moving electrons; anything that you plug in

• The energy stored in the bonds of molecules; fuel energy

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What is chemical energy?

• The energy stored in the bonds of molecules; fuel energy

• The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• gasoline in a car

• The heat energy of substances due to the atoms and molecules vibration

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What is radiant energy?

• Electromagnetic energy that travels in waves and gives off light

• The heat energy of substances due to the atoms and molecules vibration

• The energy of moving electrons; anything that you plug in

• The energy stored in the bonds of molecules; fuel energy

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What is work?

• the ability to do work/cause change

• The movement of objects and substances from one place to another

• The transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes the object move in the direction of the force

• The energy that is stored in objects by a certain force

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What is nuclear energy?

• The energy stored in the bonds of molecules; fuel energy

• The heat energy of substances due to the atoms and molecules vibration

• The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• Electromagnetic energy that travels in waves and gives off light

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What is motion energy?

• The energy of moving electrons; anything that you plug in

• The movement of objects and substances from one place to another

• One of the two types of energy; motion

• The heat energy of substances due to the atoms and molecules vibration

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