Energy
Forms of Energy
Vocabulary
Temperature
Heat
100

The two types of energy.

Kinetic and Potential

100

Energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles.

Electrical Energy

100

All particles that make up matter are constantly in motion.

Kinetic theory of matter

100

Temperature is measured in these equally spaced units between two points. 

Degrees

100

Energy transferred from an object at a higher temperature to an object at a lower temperature.

Heat

200

Energy of an object due to motion

Kinetic Energy

200

This type of energy is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves.

Electromagnetic Energy

200

Energy cannot be created or destroyed.  It can only change forms.

Law of Conservation of Energy

200

Temperature is measured using this instrument.

Thermometer

200

Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1g of water by 1 degree C.

calorie

300

Energy an object has due to its position, condition, or chemical composition.

Potential Energy

300

This is kinetic energy caused by the vibration of particles in a medium such as steel, water, or air.

Sound Energy

300

When energy changes from one form into another form.

Energy Transformation

300

Body Temperature in Celsius.

37C

300

Transfer of energy as heat from one substance to another through direct contact.

Conduction

400

The sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy.

Mechanical Energy

400

This form of potential energy depends on the kinds of atoms and their arrangement.

Chemical Energy

400

Total kinetic energy of all particles in a substance.

Thermal Energy

400

Room Temperature in Fahrenheit.

68F

400

Material that is a poor conductor of heat.

Insulator

500

The ability to cause change as defined in science.

Energy

500

Energy from the nucleus of an atom. When an atom's nucleus breaks apart or when the nuclei of two small atoms join together, energy is released.

Nuclear Energy

500
Measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in an object.

Temperature

500

Water freezes at this temperature in Kelvin.

273K

500

Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.

Radiation