Ridge: Energy Vocabulary

the ability to do work

• speed

• energy transfer

• energy

the movement of energy from one object to another

• energy transfer

• speed

• chemical energy

resources that can be replaced as they are used, be used up or can be replaced within time (sun, wind, water)

• non-renewable resources

• renewable resources

• electrical energy

a type of energy that flows in a circuit

• mechanical energy

• geothermal energy

• electrical energy

energy and object has based on its motion

• mechanical energy

• electrical energy

• water energy

energy from the sun

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• electrical energy

heat that comes from inside the earth

• mechanical energy

• geothermal energy

• fuel cell

energy produced from moving water

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

• water energy

resources that can not be replaced as quickly as they are being used

(coal, oil, natural gas)

• renewable resources

• fuel cell

• non-renewable resources

produces electricity and heat as long as fuel is supplied

(work like batteries)

• fuel cell

• energy

• energy transfer