Vocab Review #2 (Energy)

Front

Ability to do work or cause change?

Back

Energy

Front

Energy due to motion?

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

Disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another.

Back

Wave

Front

Type of wave that travels only through matter?

Back

Mechanical wave

Front

Strength/intensity of a wave?

Back

Amplitude

Front

Total energy of all particles in an object?

Back

Thermal energy

Front

Form of heat transfer via direct molecular contact?

Back

Conduction

Front

Transfer of thermal energy by fluid movement?

Back

Convection

Front

Substance with molecules in constant random motion, colliding with each other and container walls.

Back

Fluid

Front

Transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves?

Back

Radiation