Types of energy vocabulary

Multiple Choice

energy

• 1. Kinetic energy or moving energy + Potential energy or stored energy

• The ability to do work

•  Energy an object has because it is moving

•  Energy in the nucleus (core) of an atom

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Elastic

• 1. Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance 

• Energy stored as a result of applying a force to deform an elastic object

• Energy stored because of an object’s position or height above Earth’s surface

• 1. Kinetic energy or moving energy + Potential energy or stored energy

Multiple Choice

Mechanical Energy

• 1. Energy stored in chemical bonds holding a molecule together

•  energy produced by electrical changes

• 1. Kinetic energy or moving energy + Potential energy or stored energy

• 1. Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance 

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Radiant (light)

• 1. The energy electromagnetic waves carry. 

• 1. Energy associated with the vibration or disturbance of matter

• The ability to do work

• 1. Energy stored as a result of applying a force to deform an elastic object 

Multiple Choice

sound

•  Energy stored because of an object’s position or height above Earth’s surface

• 1.  Energy stored in chemical bonds holding a molecule together

• 1. Energy associated with the vibration or disturbance of matter

• 1. Energy stored as a result of applying a force to deform an elastic object 

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Chemica

• 1. Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance 

• 1. Energy stored in chemical bonds holding a molecule together

• Energy stored because of an object’s position or height above Earth’s surface

• The ability to do work

Multiple Choice

Thermal (heat)

• 1. Energy associated with the vibration or disturbance of matter

• Kinetic energy or moving energy + Potential energy or stored energy

• Gravitational

• 1. Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance 

Multiple Choice

Potential Energy

• The ability to do work

• Energy stored because of an object’s position or height above Earth’s surface

• 1. Stored energy; energy an object has because of its position or shape. 

• 1. The energy electromagnetic waves carry. 

Multiple Choice

Nuclear (atomic)

• Energy stored as a result of applying a force to deform an elastic object

• Energy in the nucleus (core) of an atom

• 1. Kinetic energy or moving energy + Potential energy or stored energy

• 1. Energy associated with the vibration or disturbance of matter

Multiple Choice

Kinetic Energy

• 1. Stored energy; energy an object has because of its position or shape. 

• Energy an object has because it is moving

• 1. Kinetic energy or moving energy + Potential energy or stored energy

• 1. Energy related to the temperature of an object or a substance 

Multiple Choice

Electrical

• energy produced by electrical changes

•  Energy stored because of an object’s position or height above Earth’s surface

• 1. Stored energy; energy an object has because of its position or shape. 

• Energy in the nucleus (core) of an atom

Multiple Choice

Gravitational

• 1. Energy associated with the vibration or disturbance of matter

• Energy stored because of an object’s position or height above Earth’s surface

• 1. Energy stored as a result of applying a force to deform an elastic object 

• The energy electromagnetic waves carry.