6th Grade Unit 04 Vocabulary

What energy is stored in the bonds of atoms and molecules of substances (e.g., food, biomass, petroleum, natural gas, and propane)

• Thermal

• Chemical

• Elastic

• Electric

What energy is stored in objects by force (e.g., stretched rubber band or balloon)

• Chemical

• Light

• Elastic

• Radiant

What energy is movement of electrons (e.g., electrons moving through wires; lightning)

• Electrical

• Mechanical

• Thermal

• Radiant

What gives something the ability to cause change or do work

• Radiation

• Resources

• Kinetic

• Energy

Which term describes the management of the use of energy resources?

• Recycling

• Conservation

• Elastic

• Chemical

What do you call natural resources that can be used as a source of energy to do work?

• Energy Resources

• Energy

• Nonrenewable energy

• Renewable energy

Which term describes the process of energy changing from one form to another

• Conservation

• Resources

• Transformation

• Mechanical

Which term describes energy of motion?

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Sound

• Mechanical

Which term states that energy is neither created or destroyed; it only changes form?

• Chemical Energy

• Gravity

• Newtons law of motion

• Law of Conservation of Energy

What is energy from light waves?

• Chemical

• Light

• Elastic

• Electrical