Force/Motion/Energy Vocabulary

a push or pull

• force
• magnetism
• attract
• repel

a force that makes an object pull toward the earth

• magnetic
• electric
• frictional
• gravitational

Which type of force occurs when two objects touch or rub?

• Gravity
• Friction
• Air Resistance

Which type of force is a type of friction that happens when an object moves through the air?

• Gravity
• Friction
• Air Resistance

Is produced when a force causes an object or substance to vibrate--the energy is transferred through the substance in a wave.

• nuclear energy

• sound energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

Energy that is stored in charged particles within an electrical field

• sound energy

• chemical energy

• elastic potential energy

• electrical energy

The measure of the ability of a body or system to do work or produce a change, measured usually in Joules.

• energy

• radiation

• conduction

• convection

sum of the kinetic energy, or energy of motion, and the potential energy, or energy stored in a system by reason of the position of its parts.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• mechanical energy

A complete unbroken path through which electricity flows is called?

• Electrical Energy

• Electrical Circuit

• Electromagnet

• Radiation

Energy of motion.

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Heat

• Kinetic Energy

• Law of Conservation of Energy