Energy Vocabulary with Heat

Stored energy an object has due to it's position or chemical make up.

• Chemical Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Potential Energy

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Potential energy stored by an object due to gravity (Roller coaster at the top of a hill)

• Potential Gravitational Energy

• Potential Chemical Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Mechanical Energy

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Energy that is stored in an object due to it's chemical make up. (Gasoline)

• Potential Chemical Energy

• Potential Elastic Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Gravitational Energy

Energy that is stored due to an object's position by stretching or compressing. (Bow and arrow, stretched rubber band)

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Chemical Energy

• Potential Elastic Energy

• Potential Mechanical Energy

Energy of motion. Depends on the objects MASS and SPEED.

• Potential Energy

• Potential Elastic Energy

• Kinetic Heat Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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Examples of Kinetic Energy

• Kinetic Chemical Energy

• Kinetic Mechanical Energy

• Kinetic Sound Energy

• Potential Elastic Energy

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Examples of Kinetic Energy

• Kinetic Heat Energy

• Kinetic Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Electric Energy

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Materials that transfer energy easily.

• Conduction

• Insulators

• Conductors

• Insulation

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Poor conductors of heat. They are used to slow the transfer of heat from warmer to cooler objects.

• Insulator

• Conductor

• Radiation

• Conduction

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Examples of good conductors

• Insulators

• Conductors

• Radiation

• Metals