Energy Vocabulary Quiz

the ability to do work

• conservation of energy

• energy

• matter

the energy STORED in an object due to its position

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

the energy an object has due to its MOTION

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• light energy

energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can be transformed or trasnferred

• energy

• conservation of energy

• conservation of matter

energy possessed by an object due to BOTH motion and position (potential + kinetic)

• mechanical energy

• electrical energy

• light energy

energy you can SEE

• light energy

• sound energy

• electrical energy

energy that travels in WAVES through matter when an object vibrates

• light energy

• sound energy

• mechanical energy

energy moving through wires; comes from a power source; causes things to move, heat up, or light up

• electrical energy

• mechanical energy

• potential energy

energy when the temperature of an object rises

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy