click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
energy vocab
Term | Definition |
---|---|
potential energy | stored energy. |
kinetic energy | Any type of energy that is moving. |
Motion Energy | Motion energy is the energy present in moving things such as the wind a racing car or a soaring ball. |
Chemical energy | the energy stored in materials such as food batteries dynamite and gasline |
Gravitational Energy | the energy stored in object that are in a position to fall ( once the object falls the type of energy changes |
Elastic Energy | the energy stored in stretchy objects ( rubber bands and springs contain elastic) |
Heat energy (thermal) | the energy a substance has as a result of its temperature higher temp= more heat energy |
Light energy | The energy carried by light rays. |
Electrical Energy | The energy the electricty provides |
sound energy | the energy carried by sound waves |
Thermal | Another word for heat |
Temperature | measurement of the amount of thermal heat an object contain. |
Friction | the force resisting relative motion of surface that touch. Two surface rubbing in opposite |
Molecule | the smallest particle into which element or compound can be divided without changing its properties. |