Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
energy vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Potential energy | Stored energy. |
| Kinetic energy | Energy in motion. |
| Motion energy | 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 gasoline. |
| Gravitational energy | The energy stored in objects that are in a position to fall. |
| Elastic energy | The energy stored in stretchy objects , like rubber bands or springs. |
| Heat energy | The energy a substance of a result of its temperature higher temp = more heat energy. |
| Light energy | The energy carried by light rays. |
| Sound energy | The energy carried by sound waves. |
| Electrical energy | The energy that electricity provides. |
| Thermal | Another word for heat. |
| Temperature | The measurement of the amount of thermal energy an object contains. |
| Friction | The force resisting relative motion of surfaces that touch. When two objects rub together in opposite directions. |
| Molecule | The smallest particle into which an element or compound can be divided,without changing it. |
| Radiation | Where heat energy is traveling by invisible waves through space from the source. sun |
| Convection | The transfer of heat by a moving gas or liquid. steam |
| Conduction | Heat moving through a solid. stove top |
| Insulators | Substances that do not readily allow heat to pass through them. |
Created by:
smurf25
Popular Physical Science sets