Energy Vocabulary

The ability to do work or cause change

• energy

• motion

• force

• power

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The state in which one object's distance from another is changing

• motion

• force

• power

• work

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A push or pull exerted on an object

• force

• power

• motion

• work

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NGSS.MS-PS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS2-2

Force exerted on an object that causes it to move

• motion

• work

• power

• energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Energy that an object has due to its motion

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Electrical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The energy an object has because of its position, stored energy.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Thermal Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Energy that depends on the height of an object

• gravitational potential energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Electromagnetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Energy of stretched or compressed object

• Elastic potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

Energy associated with the motion or position of an object

• mechanical energy

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• electromagnetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

• Nuclear energy

• Electromagnetic energy

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8