Chapter 12 vocab

Front

__________ is the ability to cause change

Back

energy

Front

Energy carried by an electric current.

Back

Electric.

Front

Energy stored in bonds between atoms.

Back

chemical

Front

Energy stored due to interaction between objects and particles.

Back

potential

Front

Energy stored in and released from an atom's nucleus.

Back

nuclear

Front

Energy of motion is __________.

Back

kinetic

Front

Sum of kinetic and potential energy in a system is __________.

Back

mechanical energy

Front

Sum of kinetic and potential energy of particles in an object.

Back

thermal energy

Front

Disturbance that transfers energy without matter: ____________

Back

wave

Front

Energy carried by sound waves is _____________.

Back

sound