Energy Vocabulary

Matter from living things

• Coal

• Energy

• Biomass

• Geothermal

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Energy stored in chemical bonds and released through chemical reactions

• Chemical Energy

• Potential Energy

• Energy

• Energy Resource

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

A hard, black solid fuel formed from the remains of plans over millions of years and extracted from the ground; a nonrenewable fossil fuel.

• Geothermal

• Petroleum

• Solar

• Coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Stored energy created by work performed upon it. Elastic energy occurs when objects are compressed or stretched.

• Electrical Energy

• Elastic Energy

• Stretchy Energy

• Potential Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A form of energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• Electrical Energy

• Renewable/Alternative

• Wind Energy

• Elastic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The ability of a system to do work. Energy is required for changes to happen within a system.

• Work

• Law of Conservation

• Solar Resources

• Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The effort made to reduce the consumption of energy

• Energy Resource

• Energy Conservation

• Energy Transformation

• Law of Conservation

A source or supply of energy that can be used to generate electrical power to meet people's needs

• Energy Resource

• Electrical Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Renewable/Alternative

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Change of energy from one form to another

• Chemical Energy

• Energy Transformation

• Nuclear Power

• Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Heat transferred from beneath the surface of Earth and used to produce energy for human use

• Coal

• Geothermal Energy

• Hydropower

• Petroleum (oil)