Energy Vocabulary

What is needed to do work or cause change.

• light

• energy

• thermal

Energy that allows us to see.

• light energy

• thermal energy

• sound energy

All the energy something has due to its movement and position

• thermal energy

• sound energy

• mechanical energy

Energy from vibrations that you hear.

• light energy

• sound energy

• thermal energy

Energy that causes a transfer of heat between materials

• thermal energy

• light energy

• sound energy

A series of small, fast movements back and forth or from side to side.

• movement

• position

• vibrations