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energy vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Potential Energy | Stored Energy. |
| Kinetic Energy | Any Type Of Energy That Is Moving. |
| Motion Energy | Energy presented in moving things, such as wind,a race car,or a soaring ball |
| Chemical Energy | is energy stored in materials such as food,batteries,dynamite,and gasoline. |
| Gravitational Energy | The energy Stored in objects that are in a position to fall. (Once they fall the type of energy changes) |
| Elastic Energy | Energy that is stored in stretchy objects.(rubber bands,and springs) |
| Heat Energy (thermal) | Energy that comes from heat in an object. (Thermal Heat) |
| Light energy | Energy that comes from light rays. |
| Electric Energy | the energy that electricity provides. |
| Sound Energy | Energy carried by sound waves. |
| Thermal | another word for heat. |
| tempature | measurement of the amount of thermal heat an object contains. |
| frictoin | the force resisting relative motion of touch. tow surfaces rubbing in opposite directions create friction |
| molcule | the smallest particle into which an element or compound can be divided, without changing its properties. |