Vocabulary
Stored Energy
What is Potential Energy?
Energy based on an object's position
What is gravitational potential energy ?
Where most energy originated
What is the Sun?
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction
What is Newton's third law of motion?
Energy carried through vibrations
What is sound Kinetic Energy?
Energy of Motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
Energy stored in an object's shape
What is elastic potential energy?
This is produced when you rub your 2 hands or sticks together
What is friction?
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force
What is the Law of Inertia or Newton's first law of motion?
Energy that occurs when an atom's nucleus is split or fused
What is Nuclear Kinetic Energy?
This states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be transformed
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy stored in a log from a tree
What is chemical potential energy?
The movement of electrons produces this
What is electricity ?
A statement that scientists believe is true based on observations in nature under consistent circumstances
What is a law?
Energy that travels in waves through space
What its radiant energy?
Anything with mass and volume
What is matter?
Energy in an orange sitting on the cupboard.
What is Chemical Potential Energy?
Food chains are examples of this
What is an Energy Transformation?
This states that the greater the mass, the greater the force needed to move the object
What is Newton's second law of Motion?
Type of energy used when walking
What is mechanical kinetic?
A group of interacting parts that form a complex whole
What is a system?
A bird sitting in a tree
What is gravitational Potential energy?
The transfer of heat
What is thermal energy?
The force all objects exert on each other due to their size
What is gravity?
Energy that can be transmitted through a vacuum
What is electromagnetic kinetic energy?