Vocabulary Science Unit 1: Energy

Front

What is the action or process of moving or being moved?

Back

Motion

Front

What is the flow of charged particles in the same direction?

Back

Electric current

Front

True or False? It takes energy to transfer something.

Back

True

Front

A gasoline engine is sometimes called a ___________ engine because the fuel in the engine is burned.

Back

Combustion

Front

What does it mean to move from one object to another?

Back

Transfer

Front

What is energy?

Back

The ability to do work or cause change.

Front

What is combustion?

Back

A chemical process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to produce heat and light.

Front

What is electric charge?

Back

A property of subatomic particles that causes them to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

Front

What is the difference between potential energy and kinetic energy?

Back

Potential energy is stored energy based on position, while kinetic energy is the energy of motion.

Front

What is an example of energy transfer?

Back

When heat moves from a hot stove to a pot of water.