Unit 3 Energy Vocabulary Quiz

the energy that is possessed by an object due to its motion or due to its position and also the sum of the potential and kinetic energy of an object

• Mechanical Energy
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

the energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature. Heat is the flow of thermal energy

• Thermal Energy (Heat)
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

the result when a force, either sound or pressure, makes an object or substance vibrate. That energy moves through the substance in waves

• Sound Energy
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat through liquid or gas.

• Convection
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

the energy released during nuclear fission or fusion, especially when used to generate electricity.

• Nuclear Energy
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

a magnet created by wrapping wire around a ferromagnetic(iron) core

• Electromagnet
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

a process in which one object causes two other objects that are conductors to become charged without touching them

• Induction
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

an electric circuit with only one path or branch for the electric charge to flow (if broken the whole circuit stops working)

• Series Circuit
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

an electric circuit with more than one path or branch for the electric charge to flow (if one branch breaks, the rest of the circuit continues to work)

• Parallel Circuit
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy

the invisible force that surrounds all magnets that determines if something is repelled or attracted to the magnet

• Magnetic Field
• Law of Conservation of Energy
• Energy Transformations(Energy Conversions)
• Kinetic Energy
• Potential Energy