Forces & Energy Vocabulary

any push or pull from one object on another

• reaction

• force

• potential

• unbalanced

forces that act together on an object without changing its motion

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

forces that do NOT cancel each other out and cause an object to change its motion

• balanced forces

• unbalanced forces

the ability to perform work or to change an object

• strength

• force

• energy

• potential

energy that is stored in the position or the structure of an object

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• forces

• chemicals

energy that is stored in an object due to its position above earth's surface

• elastic potential energy

• chemical potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy

energy that is stored in an object that can stretch or compress

• elastic potential energy

• chemical potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy

energy that is stored in a material due to links between atoms and molecules

• elastic potential energy

• chemical potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy

energy of a moving object

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

energy changes back and forth from potential to kinetic

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• periodic motion