Energy Transformations Vocabulary

the ability to cause change, taking on many forms with different effects.

• Influence
• Authority
• Energy

• Motion

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energy stored in an object due to its position, condition, or chemical composition.

• Potential energy
• Nuclear energy
• Thermal energy
• Kinetic energy

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potential energy stored in elastic bands or springs.

• Elastic energy

• Kinetic energy
• Gravitational potential energy
• Thermal energy

stored energy due to an object's position above the ground.

• Gravitational potential energy
• Elastic potential energy
• Thermal energy
• Kinetic energy

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stored in the nucleus of an atom, released when nuclei join or split.

• Nuclear energy
• Thermal energy
• Chemical energy
• Solar energy

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stored in charged particles in an electric field.

• Kinetic energy
• Thermal energy
• Magnetic potential energy
• Electric energy

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released or absorbed when molecular bonds are broken or rearranged.

• Chemical energy

• Pressure
• Force
• Temperature

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the energy of motion.

• Thermal energy
• Nuclear energy
• Kinetic energy
• Potential energy

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result of the vibrations of particles.

• Electricity energy

• Light energy

• Heat energy

• Sound energy

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transferred as electromagnetic waves.

• Electromagnetic energy

• sound energy

• transfer energy

• visible light

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