Energy Vocabulary

the ability to do work

• energy

• potential

• kinetic

• gravitational

stored energy or energy of position

• energy

• potential

• kinetic

• gravitational

energy of motion

• energy

• potential

• kinetic

• gravitational

potential energy associated with a gravitational field; energy due to gravity

• energy

• potential

• kinetic

• gravitational

stored energy due to the bending, stretching, or twisting of an object

• elastic

• magnetic

• electrostatic

• chemical

energy generated due to magnetic fields

• elastic

• magnetic

• electrostatic

• chemical

energy stored in electric charges

• elastic

• magnetic

• electrostatic

• chemical

energy stored in the bonds of molecules

• elastic

• magnetic

• electrostatic

• chemical

energy locked in the nucleus of an atom

• nuclear

• mechanical

• thermal

• electrical

energy of motion or position

• nuclear

• mechanical

• thermal

• electrical