Amplify-Energy Conversions Vocabulary

Front

What is information that supports an answer to a question?

Back

Evidence

Front

What do we call wires that transfer electrical energy from many sources to many other places?

Back

Electrical grid

Front

What is the term for a type or kind of energy?

Back

Form (of energy)

Front

What does it mean to put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something?

Back

Synthesize

Front

What is the ability to make things move or change?

Back

Energy

Front

What is the process of converting one form of energy into another?

Back

Energy conversion

Front

What do we call the energy stored in an object due to its position?

Back

Potential energy

Front

What is the energy of motion called?

Back

Kinetic energy

Front

What is the term for the total amount of energy in a closed system?

Back

Conservation of energy

Front

What is the name for a device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?

Back

Motor