Energy Transformations Vocabulary

Energy stored in chemical bonds and released through chemical reactions.

• energy transformation

• insulator

• chemical energy

• sound energy

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NGSS.HS-PS1-4

The change of energy from one form to another.

• kinetic energy

• energy transformation

• system

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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A group of interacting or interdependent elements forming a complex whole; for example, all the factors or variables in an environment or all the variables that might affect a science experiment.

• system

• conductor

• insulator

• mechanical energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A substance that readily transfers heat or electrical energy.

• system

• conductor

• kinetic energy

• insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; energy just changes form,

• mechanical energy

• sound energy

• Law of Conversation of Energy

• energy transformation

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A material that does not conduct heat or electrical current.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• conductor

• insulator

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NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Energy of motion.

• light energy

• potential

  energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A form of energy that is made by vibrations and requires a medium (such as air, water, or solids) in order to travel.

• thermal energy

• elecrtical energy

• sound energy

• mechanical energy

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2

The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter. The faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes.

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

• chemical energy

• light energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The sum of the potential and kinetic energy of an object.

• electrical energy

• mechanical energy

• chemical energy

• sound energy