Energy & Work- Vocabulary #16

Energy that an object has because of its motion or position. The sum of Kinetic and Potential energy in a system.

• Mechanical Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

The ability to do work and cause change

• Chemical Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Energy

• Solar Energy

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The total energy of MOTION in the particles of a substance.

This movement produces "heat".

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Electrical Energy

Using a force to move an object a distance, when both the force and the motion of the object are in the same direction.

• Work

• Chemical Energy

• Energy

• Joule

A unit of work.

Equal to one newton of force to move an object one meter.

• Electrical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Work

• Joule

The amount of energy stored in an object.

The energy an object has because of its position.

• Chemical Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Thermal Energy

The energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms of molecules.

Breaking apart a molecule releases energy

• Thermal Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Chemical Energy

A form of energy that travels through space in waves.

Includes visible light, microwaves, radio waves, infrared waves (heat) and X-rays.

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Electrical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Thermal Energy

The energy an object has because of its motion.

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Solar Energy

• Electrical Energy

The energy of electrically charged particles moving from one place to another.

• Mechanical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Electrical Energy