Energy Vocabulary

The rate at which energy is transferred.

• force

• motion

• power

• energy

the ability to do work or cause change

• force

• motion

• power

• energy

The energy an object has due to motion

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

Potential energy related to an object's height

• kinetic energy

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• thermal energy

The energy associated with objects that can be compressed or stretched

• kinetic energy

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• thermal energy

The form of energy associated with the motion, position or shape of an object.

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

• mechanical energy

Potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

• mechanical energy

The total kinetic and potential energy of the particles in an object.

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

• mechanical energy

Potential energy stored in chemical bonds.

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• nuclear energy

• mechanical energy