Vocabulary
Concepts
Energy Changes
Application
100

Stored energy due to the interactions between objects and particles

What is potential energy?

100

nonrenewable energy source made from splitting the atoms of uranium

What is nuclear energy?

100

materials that do not allow thermal energy to flow easily through

What are thermal insulators?

100

Nuclear energy and fossil fuels

What are nonrenewable resources?

200

the transfer of thermal energy by movement of particles from one part of a material to another

What is convection?

200

Nonrenewable resources that derive from the remains of ancient plants and animals formed over millions of years.

What are fossil fuels?

200

Materials that allow thermal energy to move more easily

What are thermal conductors?

200

Geothermal and hydroelectric energy resources

What are renewable resources?

300

the transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves

What is radiation?

300

when the temperature of materials in contact with each other is the same

What is thermal equilibrium?

300

Both thermal energy and mechanical energy are composed of kinetic and potential energy.

What are the similarities between mechanical energy and thermal energy?

300

The metal that baking pans are made of

What is an example of a thermal conductor?

400

the transfer of thermal energy by collisions between particles

What is conduction?

400

A renewable energy source that comes from thermal energy inside the Earth

What is geothermal energy?

400

The thermal energy of the water moves into the bottle. Then, the thermal energy moves from the bottle into the air in the fridge.

How does thermal energy move when you place a water bottle in a refrigerator?

400

This scientific law is the reason we know that all the energy from the fuel used in a car is either used to power the car or it is released to the environment, but never lost.

What is the law of conservation of energy?

500

States that energy can be transformed from one form to another but it cannot be created or destroyed

What is the law of conservation of energy?

500

When an energy transformation occurs, some of the energy is always converted into thermal energy.

Why are energy transformations inefficient?

500

An energy transformation is when energy changes from one form to another; whereas, an energy transfer is when energy is moved from place to place without changing form.

What is the difference between an energy transformation and an energy transfer?

500

The type of material that coolers should be made of in order to ensure that drinks stay cool longer

What are thermal insulators?