Energy Vocabulary

___________________________is a material that is a poor conductor of heat.

• conduction

• electrical

• thermal insulators

• convection

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_________________ energy is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves.

• Potential

• Electromagnetic

• Kinetic

• Sound

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A process in which transfer of heat takes place between objects by direct contact is _______________.

• conduction

• convection

• radiation

• nuclear

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1) The scientific rule that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed is called the Law _________________________.

• of conservation of matter

• of conversation of liquids

• of conversation of mass

• of conversation of energy

Stored energy and the energy of position is _________________ energy.

• potential

• kinetic

• electrical

• chemical

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_________________ is the sum of the object’s kinetic and potential energy due to gravity.

• Velocity

• Chemical Energy

• Total Energy

• Sound Energy

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_____________________ is an energy of object that is due to the object’s motion.

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Light Energy

• Mechanical Energy

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______________________ takes place when energy changes from one form to another form.

• Convection

• Conversion

• Radiation

• Conduction

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The energy of position, such as a rock on the hill is ____________________ energy.

• kinetic

• electromagnetic

• total

• gravitational

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_____________ energy is the movement of electrons.

• gravitational

• mechanical

• electrical

• potential