Work, Energy, and Motion Vocabulary

Front

What is the rate at which energy is transferred or work is done?

Back

Power

Front

What type of energy is created by the movement of tiny charged particles called electrons through a wire?

Back

Electrical energy

Front

What is the ability to do work?

Back

Energy

Front

What type of potential energy is stored within the bonds of atoms and molecules that is released or absorbed during a chemical reaction?

Back

Chemical energy

Front

What is the stored energy an object has because of its position above the Earth's surface?

Back

Gravitational potential energy

Front

What is the energy of an object in motion?

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

What type of energy is associated with the position of an object in a gravitational field?

Back

Potential energy

Front

What is the energy stored in stretched or compressed objects, like springs?

Back

Elastic potential energy

Front

What is the energy that comes from the heat of an object?

Back

Thermal energy

Front

What is the force that opposes motion between two surfaces in contact?

Back

Friction