Question | Answer |
What is energy? | The ability to do work. |
What is Kinetic Energy? | The energy of an object that is due to the object's motion. |
What is Potential Energy? | The energy that an object has because of the position, shape, or condition of the object. |
What is Mechanical Energy? | The amount of work an object can do because of the object's kinetic and potential energies. |
What is Thermal Energy? | Kinetic Energy due to the random motion of the particles that make up an object. |
What is Chemical Energy? | The energy of a compound that changes as its atoms are rearranged. |
What is Electrical Energy? | The energy of moving electrons. |
What does sound energy consist of? | Vibrations carried through the air. |
What is Light Energy? | Produced by vibrations of electrically charged particles |
Where does nucleur energy come from? | Energy that comes from change in the nucleus of an atom. |
What two factors determine gravitational potential energy? | Weight and Height |
Thermal energy and sound energy can be considered types of __________ energy. | Kinetic |
__________ energy is the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy | Mechanical |
Chemical energy, electrical energy, and nucleur energy can be considered forms of ____________ energy. | Potential |