Unit 3 Vocab - Energy

Front

Ability to do work

Back

energy

Front

Energy in motion

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

Energy stored in atomic and molecular bonds

Back

Chemical energy

Front

Potential energy in a stretched or compressed elastic object

Back

Elastic potential energy

Front

Motion, light, or heat produced by electrical current

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Electrical energy

Front

Change from one form of energy to another

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Energy conversion

Front

Using tech that needs less energy for the same function

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Energy efficiency

Front

Energy stored by objects due to their position above Earth's surface

Back

Gravitational potential energy

Front

Basic unit of energy and work

Back

joules

Front

Law stating energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.

Back

Law of conservation of energy