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Energy Frayer Model
Terms | Definition |
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Potential Energy | The energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors. |
Kinetic Energy | Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion. |
Chemical Energy | Chemical energy is energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds, like atoms and molecules. This energy is released when a chemical reaction takes place. Usually, once chemical energy has been released from a substance. |
Nuclear Energy | Nuclear energy comes from splitting atoms in a reactor to heat water into steam, turn a turbine and generate electricity. |
Gravitational Energy | Gravitational potential energy is the energy stored in an object as the result of its vertical position or height. The energy is stored as the result of the gravitational attraction of the Earth for the object. |
Radiant Energy | Radiant energy is the energy of electromagnetic waves. These waves can travel through space. Electromagnetic radiation is made up of tiny particles called photons – think of them as little packets of energy. |
Electrical Energy | Electrical energy is a form of energy resulting from the flow of electric charge. Energy is the ability to do work or apply force to move an object. |
Mechanical Energy | Mechanical energy is the sum of kinetic and potential energy in an object that is used to do work. |
Sound Energy | In physics, sound energy is a form of energy that can be heard by humans. Sound is a mechanical wave and as such consists physically in oscillatory elastic compression and in oscillatory displacement of a fluid. |
Thermal Energy | Thermal energy (also called heat energy) is produced when a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other. The energy that comes from the temperature of the heated substance is called thermal energy. |