Energy Vocab

Ability to do work or make things move.

• Energy
• Thermal
• Elastic
• Force

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Moving electrons. Energy from Electricity.

• Electrical
• Energy
• Thermal
• Elastic

Moving Energy, energy of motion.

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Energy

• Thermal

Stored energy. Energy inside an object not being used right away.

• Potential
• Kinetic
• Electrical
• Energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Energy based on an object's position.

• Gravitational

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Electrical

Energy from stretched or compressed objects. Rubber bands and springs.

• Elastic
• Gravitational
• Potential
• Kinetic

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

The vibration and movement of atoms. Heat energy.

• Thermal

• Elastic

• Gravitational

• Potential

Energy stored in the bonds of atoms.

• Chemical

• Thermal

• Elastic

• Gravitational

The energy of a moving object due to motion. Energy "in use."

• Kinetic

• Force

• Chemical

• Thermal

This states that energy cannot be created or destroyed. 

• law of motion
• law of conservation of energy
• convection
• thermal energy