Physics: ENERGY vocabulary

What is energy?

• moving from one place to another

• the power to do things

• the ability to do work/cause change

• doing jumping jacks

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What is kinetic energy?

• One of the two types of energy; motion

• moving from one place to another

• One of the two types of energy; energy of position

• a ball rolling across the floor

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What is potential energy?

• The energy that is stored in objects by a certain force

• One of the two types of energy; is stored energy and the energy of position

• One of the two types of energy; moving energy

• the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

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What is chemical energy?

• The energy stored in the bonds of molecules; fuel energy

• The energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• gasoline in a car

• The heat energy of substances due to the atoms and molecules vibration

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The total energy of all particles in an object; the measure of the sum of kinetic and potential energy of the particles.

• Temperature

• Thermal energy

• Heat

• Specific heat capacity

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All the kinetic and potential energy that is associated with an object's motion and position is called

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

• electrical energy

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The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed is

• electromagnetic energy

• energy transformation

• chemical energy

• law of conservation of energy

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The energy which travel through space as waves (x-ray and radio) is

• electromagnetic energy

• energy transformation

• chemical energy

• law of conservation of energy

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If the forces on this box are unbalanced the box will be _________________.

• At Rest

• In Motion

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What is the net force?

• 0 N

• 5 N

• 10 N

• 15 N

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