Forms of Energy - Vocabulary

Energy is

• the movement of molecules

• the ability to do work

• the amount of molecules

• a quality or characteristic

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Potential energy is

• energy in motion

• caused by the moving molecules

• energy at rest

• energy that travels as a wave

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Kinetic energy is

• energy in motion

• energy stored in batteries

• energy at rest

• energy stored in the foods we eat

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The Law of Conservation states that

• energy can be created

• energy can be destroyed

• energy cannot be created or destroyed

• energy cannot change forms

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Sound starts as

• waves

• vibrations

• currents

• reactions

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Sound travels as

• waves

• vibrations

• currents

• reactions

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Sounds are able to travel through

• solids

• liquids

• gases

• all three forms of matter

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Sounds are measured

• by its temperature

• with an oscilloscope

• using a tripe beam balance

• with a ruler

Determined by frequency of a sound wave

• pitch

• amplitude

• decibel

• compression

The unit in which volume is measured

• frequency

• pitch

• decibel

• amplitude