Energy Vocabulary

energy of motion

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• temperature

energy that involves the movement of particles within an object

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• light energy

measure of thermal energy

• heat

• temperature

• size

• weight

an object that allows thermal energy to easily pass through it

• conductor

• insulator

• heat passer

• convection

an object that prevents thermal energy from passing through it

• conductor

• insulator

• conduction

• preventer 

A measure of how much matter is in an object. 

• mass

• weight

• speed

• gravity

What form of energy is stored in the bonds between molecules of matter?

• chemical energy

• heat energy

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

Any MATERIAL that an electric charge can move EASILY through is a

• insulator

• conductor

• open circuit

• shadow

What is the most basic unit of matter?

• atom

• bonds

• energy

• work

Energy that is stored in objects that are compressed or stretched.

• potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• chemical energy

• elastic potential energy