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Terms
Basic Forms of Energy
Energy Transformations
Other forms of Energy
Units
100
The transfer of energy.
What is work?
100
The energy an object has due to its motion.
What is kinetic energy?
100
An example of natural gas used to heat water.
What is chemical energy into thermal energy?
100
The energy of electric charges.
What is electrical energy?
100
The unit for energy.
What is a Joule?
200
The ability to do work or cause change.
What is energy?
200
Stored energy.
What is potential energy?
200
An example of burning a candle.
What is chemical energy into thermal energy and electromagnetic energy?
200
Potential energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds.
What is chemical energy?
200
The unit for work.
What is a Joule?
300
Anything that has mass and takes up space.
What is matter?
300
You can find this by adding the potential and kinetic energies of an object.
What is mechanical energy?
300
An example of water flowing over a waterfall.
What is potential energy into kinetic energy?
300
Potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
300
The unit for power.
What is a Watt?
400
The process of burning fuels.
What is combustion?
400
The energy associated with an object's height.
What is gravitational potential energy?
400
An example of electricity powering a curling iron.
What is electrical energy into thermal energy?
400
Examples of this type of energy include X-rays, microwaves, and light.
What is electromagnetic energy?
400
The unit for force.
What is a Newton?
500
The rate at which energy is transferred.
What is power?
500
The energy an object has due to its ability to stretch or compress.
What is elastic potential energy?
500
A common energy transformation in the sun.
What is nuclear energy into electromagnetic energy and thermal energy?
500
The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles of an object.
What is thermal energy?
500
The unit for velocity.
What is meters per second?