Vocabulary
Key Concepts
What is Energy?
Thermal Energy
Miscellaneous
100

The energy an object has because it is moving.

Kinetic Energy

100

When something is moving, it has _____________.

Kinetic Energy

100

Which object has KINETIC ENERGY?

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food?

Fan Spinning

100

a group of atoms joined together in a particular way

molecule

100

True or False: Ms. Donaldson was a student at I.S.381

True

200

a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole

system

200

Whenever something moves or changes, it is because of ___________________.

Energy

200

Which object has POTENTIAL ENERGY?

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food

Food

200
How do objects get their energy?

The energy is transferred from somewhere else.

200

How old is Ms. Donaldson?

25

300

a machine that can convert kinetic energy into electrical energy

a generator
300

When something has the ability to make things move or change in the future, it has _________________, even if it is not moving or changing now.

Potential Energy

300

Which of the following objects can you SEE evidence of energy:

Fan Not Spinning, Fan Spinning, Soccer Ball Not Moving, or Food?

Fan Spinning

300

When something has a high temperature, its molecules are ...

moving fast/have high kinetic energy

300

What kind of pet does Ms. Donaldson have?

Dog

400

To change from one type to another

convert

400

TRUE OR FALSE

Nothing creates energy. If something has energy, the energy must have been transferred from something else.

TRUE

400

What type of energy does a wind-up toy that is wound up but not moving have?

Potential Energy

400

is a measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules of a thing.

Temperature

400

What state did Ms. Donaldson go to college in?

Florida

500

to move from one object/place to another

transfer

500

Energy can be ___________ from one object to another, and energy can be ______________ from one type to another.

Transferred and Converted

500

A wind-up toy that is wound up and moving has...

Kinetic Energy and Potential Energy

500

What is absolute zero?

The coldest temperature/no molecular movement/ -273.15o

500

How many days has Ms. Donaldson been absent from school this year?

0