Types of Energy
Vocabulary
Sound Energy
Light Energy
Electrcity
100

This type of energy is a stored or potential energy that is released when links between particles are broken or created

What is chemical energy?

100

Energy of motion

What is kinetic energy
100
Sound is what type of energy

What is kinetic energy

100

The different forms of radiation all together are known as

What is the electromagnetic spectrum

100
This material allows electric current, or the flow of electricity, to move through it

What are conductors 

200

This type of stored energy is released when then the links between the particles in the center of a particle of a material are broken. 

What is nuclear energy?
200

This back and fourth motion causes sound 

What is vibration
200
A wave that transfers energy through a material and spreads outwards in all directions from a vibration is called

What is a sound wave 

200

These are devices that use light from the sun to produce electricity 

What are solar cells

200

A circuit is a path through which electric current can flow. What is the name of the devices that move electrically charged particles along it?

What are voltage sources

300

This reaction in the sun releases nuclear energy

What are nuclear reactions

300

These are tiny moving parts of a material 

What are particles

300

Solids, liquids or gasses are all substances through which waves travel, also called

What is a medium 

300

Most of the sun's radiation 

What is infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light 

300

This object is a type of a resistor, or an electrical circuit that resists the flow of energy

What is a lightbulb 

400

This type of energy of motion comes from the movement of charged particles

What is electrical energy 

400

This word is a combination of two words and is a pulse of light that is aimed at an object to calculate how far away something is

What is LiDar

400

Sound waves move in the same direction that the energy moves in. What types of waves are these?

What are longitudinal wave 

400

Potential energy is store energy. Where do fireworks store their potential energy?

What are chemicals 

400

This type of circuit, mostly found in your home, has more than one conductive path

What are parallel circuits

500

A stove, a heater, and a match all produce this type of energy, which increases as a substance gets warmer


What is thermal energy
500

This is another name for solar cells

What is photovolatic

500

This type of wave is made of a series of compressions and rarefactions. 

What is a sound wave
500

This word which means "light electricity" is cells that re used to power things such as calculators or airplanes

What are photovoltaic cells 

500

Using the motor to produce electricity instead of motion makes an item a____? This thing is also a voltage source

What is a generator