Vocabulary
ability to cause change
What is energy
The elf on the shelf
What is potential energy
energy released by changing the nucleus of atoms
What is nuclear energy
A cold block of metal is placed in contact with a warm block of metal will transfer _________ energy
What is thermal energy
energy of an object that is due to motion
What is kinetic energy
The food in your refrigerator
What is potential energy?
a form of potential energy dependent on the amount and the kinds of atoms and their arrangement
What is chemical energy?
Doctors can use x-rays to examine broken bones. This is an example of _______energy
What is electromagnetic?
energy that an object has due to its position, condition, and chemical composition.
What is potential energy
A car traveling on the freeway
What is kinetic energy?
energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles
What is electrical energy
When you pull back on a sling shot or a rubber band it has ______ energy
What is (elastic) potential energy?
energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy
The tree in the forest
What is potential energy?
kinetic energy that is caused by vibration of particles in a medium
What is sound energy
A roller coaster car moving toward the top of a rise in the tracks has ______ energy
What is mechanical energy?
all particles in matter are constantly in motion
What is Kinetic (Molecular) Theory
A marble rolling down hill
What it kinetic energy?
sum of an object’s kinetic energy and potential energy
What is mechanical energy
When energy changes from one form to another, this occurs
What is transformation?