Energy Vocab

The ability to do work or cause change

• energy

• power

• motion

• work

The use of force on an object which moves the object in the direction of the force

• energy

• power

• chemical energy

• work

A push or pull

• force

• energy

• nuclear enerrgy

• conservation

The rate at which work is done.

• energy

• transfer

• power

• work

energy of motion; energy being used

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• conservation

• power

stored energy that is capable of becoming active

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• power

• conservation

Potential Energy that is stored as a result of the gravitational pull of Earth on the object.

• kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• transformation

Energy associated with objects that can be compressed or stretched

• kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• transformation

Energy associated with the motion or position of an object (Can be Kinetic or Potential)

• Nuclear Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Solar Energy

Energy stored in the bonds holding the nucleus of an atom together.

• Mechanical Energy

• Electromagnetic Energy

• Electric Energy

• Nuclear Energy