Energy Vocab

The ability to do work or cause change is called ________.

• power
• machine
• energy
• work

The energy an object has due to its motion is called ________.

• kinetic energy
• chemical energy
• potential energy
• thermal energy

Energy that results from the position or shape of an object is called _________.

• kinetic energy
• chemical energy
• potential energy
• thermal energy

Potential energy related to an object's height is called _____.

• gravitational kinetic energy
• elastic kinetic energy
• gravitational potential energy
• elastic potential energy

_______ is the energy associated with objects that can be compressed or stretched.

• gravitational kinetic energy
• elastic kinetic energy
• gravitational potential energy
• elastic potential energy

The form of energy associated with the motion, position, or shape of an object is called __________.

• mechanical energy
• electrical energy
• chemical energy
• nuclear energy

A type of potential energy called ______ is stored in the nucleus of an atom.

• mechanical energy
• electrical energy
• chemical energy
• nuclear energy

The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in an object is called __________.

• thermal energy
• mechanical energy
• electrical energy
• nuclear energy

The energy of electric charges is _______.

• thermal energy
• electrical energy
• nuclear energy
• mechanical energy

________ is a form of energy that travels through space in waves.

• Chemical energy
• nuclear energy
• electromagnetic energy
• thermal energy