Forms of Energy Vocabulary

Stored energy 

• Thermal Energy
• Stored Mechanical Energy
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

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Compressed springs and stretched rubber bands are examples.

• Potential Energy
• Stored Mechanical Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Kinetic Energy

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The internal energy in substances-the vibration or movement of atoms and molecules in substances. 

• Radiant Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Chemical Energy
• Electrical Energy

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Energy of place or position. 

• Gravitational Energy
• Mechanical Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Chemical Energy

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Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom-the energy that holds the nucleus together. The energy in the nucleus of a uranium atom is an example.

• Electrical Energy
• Nuclear Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Potential Energy

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Electromagnetic energy that travels in transverse waves. 

• Sound Energy
• Thermal Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Gravitational Energy

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Motion Energy

• Stored Mechanical Energy
• Potential Energy
• Electrical Energy
• Kinetic Energy

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Movement of electrons. 

• Nuclear Energy
• Radiant Energy
• Mechanical Energy
• Electrical Energy

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The Law of Conservation of Energy states:

• Energy can created or destroyed but not transformed 
• Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only transformed
• Energy can't be created, destroyed or transformed

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A disturbance that travels through a medium as a longitudinal wave

• sound
• wavelength
• pitch
• frequency

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