Terms
The energy of motion
Kinetic Energy
A ball at the top of a hill has high ____.
Potential energy
Substances that allow electricity to pass through them are called
a Conductor
The energy stored in an object or substance is
Potential Energy
The type of potential energy that is due to the expansion or compression of an elastic object.
Elastic potential energy
Substances that do not allow electricity to pass through them are called
a insulator
The type of switch where no current is drawn from the source, and the circuit is open or incomplete
Open switch
The type of potential energy that exists between two objects exerts a gravitational pull on each other.
Gravitational potential energy
An electrical _____ a continuous flow of electric charges (electrons).
Current
The type of switch where a current is drawn from a source, and the circuit is closed or complete
Closed Switch
A battery is a good example of this type of potential energy.
Electrical Potential Energy
An electrical _______ is a path along which energy can flow.
Electrical circuit
The law that states that energy is neither created nor destroyed, it simply changes form is called
The law of the conservation of energy
The type of potential energy where the potential energy that exists when comparing a region of high electrical charge to one of low electrical charge.
Electrical Potential Energy
Moving electrons is an an example of this type of energy.
Electrical kinetic energy