Vocabulary
Forms
Transformation
On the move
Potentially in my life
100
What is thermal energy moving from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature.
Heat
100
What is the energy an electric current carries
Electric energy
100
What transformation takes place using a toaster
electric to radiant
100
What is the force that resists the sliding of two surfaces that are touching
Friction
100
What is the energy that can make you get sunburn
radiant energy
200
What is the transfer of thermal energy from one object to another by electromagnetic waves
Radiation
200
What is the energy that sound carries
Sound energy
200
What is the transformation when you are jogging
chemical to mechanical (to thermal)
200
thermal energy moves from a region of _______ temperature to a region of ______ temperature
higher to lower
200
________is the force that is used when you apply your brakes to slow down your bicycle
friction
300
What is the transfer of thermal energy by movement of particles from one part of a material to another
Convection
300
What is the energy that is stored and released in the nucleus of an atom
Nuclear energy
300
What is the transformation when you are sun tanning
nuclear to radiant
300
What materials that slow down thermal energy movement
thermal insulators
300
________ energy is stored in your body when you eat food
chemical potential
400
What is the transfer of thermal energy due to collisions between particles in matter
Conduction
400
What is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy in a system of objects
Mechanical energy
400
What is the transformation when you are playing the drums
mechanical to sound
400
Materials that thermal energy moves quickly through
thermal conductors
400
_______ energy is stored when you wind up your propeller on your rubber band powered airplane/car
elastic potential
500
What is a material in which thermal energy moves through quickly
Thermal conductor
500
What is the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up an object
Thermal energy
500
What is the 3 part transformation turning plants into food
nuclear to radiant to chemical
500
materials with this make the best thermal insulators
gases or pockets of air
500
__________ energy increases when you lift your backpack up from the floor
gravitational potential
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