4.1&2 Vocabulary

Front

What is the ability to cause change or to do work called?

Back

Energy

Front

What is the transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes the object move in the direction of the force?

Back

Work

Front

What type of energy is due to motion?

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

What is stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles called?

Back

Potential energy

Front

What is stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field?

Back

Gravitational potential energy

Front

What type of energy is stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands?

Back

Elastic potential energy

Front

What is the energy released when atoms form bonds?

Back

Chemical potential energy

Front

What is a collection of objects that interact in some way called?

Back

System

Front

What states that energy is always transferring or transforming, but energy is not created or destroyed?

Back

Law of conservation of energy

Front

What occurs when energy is moved from one object to another?

Back

Energy transfer