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

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-4

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