Unit 2 Vocabulary Review

Stored energy that is released when the links between the particles are broken.

• Nuclear Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

Internal energy of an object due to the energy of motion of its particle.

• Chemical energy

• Thermal energy

• Nuclear energy

Potential energy that is released when links between particles are broken or created. This energy is stored in the food we eat.

• Thermal Energy

• Chemical Energy

• Nuclear Energy

The substance that waves travel through

• Medium

• Vibration

• Electric Current

• Heat

Can travel through solids, liquids, and gases.

• Vibration

• Sound Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

Back and forth motion

• Sound Wave

• Vibration

• Heat

• Radiation

A wave that transfers energy through a material and spreads outwards in all directions from a vibration.

• Sound Wave

• Longitudinal Wave

• Electric Current

Devices that use light from the sun to produce electricity

• Solar Cells

• Heat

• Circuit

A path through which an electric current can flow

• Radiation

• Conductor

• Circuit

• Convection

A material through which electricity flows easily

• Conductor

• Insulator