Energy and Motion Vocabulary Terms

a person who asks questions, observes, and gathers information to create new products or make exisiting products better

• collision

• work

• engineer

• force

when two or more objects bump into each other, causing an exchange or transformation of energy

• force

• collision

• energy

• gravity

the ability to do work

• energy

• force

• gravity

• speed

a result of force moving an object a distance

• energy

• gravity

• motion

• work

a push or a pull that can make an object move, stop moving, or change direction

• energy

• force

• collision

• speed

the rate at which an object moves or operates

• force

• speed

• gravity

• energy

energy that is stored as a result of its position (height energy or gravitational energy)

• potential energy

• motion

• kinetic energy

• speed

energy an object has because of its motion

• collision

• potential energy

• speed

• kinetic energy

the conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another

• energy transfer

• gravity

• collision

• kinetic energy