Terms to Remember 1
What is the ability to do work?
Energy
What is energy coming from the sun?
Solar energy
What do we call it when electricity is flowing?
What kind of energy is at work by a musical instrument playing?
Sound energy
What is a push or pull on an object to move it?
Force
What are 3 main groups of energy make things work?
Light, heat, and sound
What is stored energy?
Waiting energy
True or false?
Batteries can store waiting electrical energy.
True
Heat energy
What has happened when something has been moved?
Work
What is a material that is burned to release energy?
Fuel
What is the path on which electricity flows?
Circuit
What kind of circuit turns on a light?
Complete circuit
What kind of energy is used by a candle and a lightbulb?
Light energy
What is it called when one side cannot overcome the other and no work has happened?
Balanced
What is a rapid back and forth movement?
Vibration
What is energy being used?
Working energy
True or false.
Waiting energy can be turned into working energy.
True
What can wind, water, and solar energy be turned into?
Electricity
Friction
What is the flow of electrical power or charge?
Electricity
What is material that electricity can flow through?
Conductor
What is material that electricity cannot flow through?
Insulator
Name one type of fuel energy.
Coal, oil, or natural gas
What means an object remains at rest or in motion unless acted upon by force?
Inertia