Energy Vocabulary

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 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 thermal energy?

• a fire burning in a fireplace

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

• The energy of moving electrons; anything that you plug in

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

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What is work?

• the ability to do work/cause change

• The movement of objects and substances from one place to another

• The transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes the object move in the direction of the force

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

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Which is not a type of simple machines?

• spring
• screw
• pulley
• wedge

What type of simple machine is found on the cap of a pickle jar?

• lever
• inclined plane
• screw
• wheel and axle

What type of simple machine is found on the floor of a bathtub?

• screw
• inclined plane
• wedge
• pulley

Which of these is an example of a wedge?

• skateboard
• broom
• stairs
• butter knife

Which of these is not an example of an inclined plane?

• ladder
• stairs
• wall
• driveway

Jan is using a screwdriver to insert a screw.  The screwdriver is being used as

• a pulley
• a screw
• a lever
• a wheel and axle