Vocab.
Energy Type
Energy
Changes in energy
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100

What is the ability to do work?

Energy

100

This type of energy makes a computer charge

electrical

100

Which spell in Harry Potter will create light energy. 

Lumos!

100

What energy CHANGE takes place when someone plugs a radio into an electrical outlet?

Electrical energy changes into sound energy

100

Rubber, glass, plastic are examples of 

insulators

200

objects colliding 

collision

200

LED Lights

light energy

200

Both of these types of energy produce "waves" and are a part of our bodies' senses. Some examples are your tv, and your phone

Sound and light

200

In Newton's Cradle, the energy is _______ through the middle balls. 

transferred

200

An electric field created by a battery's positively and negatively charged terminals attracts and repels charges, providing the push to keep them moving through a closed circuit.

energy source

300

Stored energy

potential energy

300

A fan blowing in a classroom

mechanical

300

Energy cannot be lost or destroyed, only transformed into a different form of energy. True or False

True

300

Show me kinetic energy.


If you stood up and moved around, you get points!

300

what is energy that travels as a wave?

radiation 

400

 continuous flow of electric charge

electric current

400

the energy that comes from a substance whose molecules are vibrating faster due to a rise in temperature.

heat or thermal energy

400

Heat travels from __________ to _________. 

hot to cold

400

If a book was sitting on the desk, what type of energy does it have?

potential
400

metals, such as copper, silver and gold are examples of 

conductors

500

The energy of motion

Kinetic

500

Music playing in a classroom 

Sound energy

500

What happens to the particles of matter as they are heated?

Gain kinetic energy and move faster

500

What are three ways heat can be transferred?

conduction, convection and radiation

500

Interaction between two objects that causes a change in the motion

a force