Forms of Energy and Energy Transformation Vocabulary Review

What is energy?

• the rate at which work is done

• the rate at which power is transferred

• the ability to do work or cause change

• the ability to perform power.

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What is kinetic energy?

• energy due to height

  
  

• energy due to chemical composition

  
  

• energy due to motion

  
  

• energy due to position

  
  

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What is potential energy?

• the energy an object has due to its speed

  
  

• the energy an object has due to its vibrations

  
  

• the energy an object has due to its temperature

  
  

• the energy an object has due to its position, condition, or chemical composition

  
  

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What is gravitational potential energy?

• potential energy that is stored when materials stretch

  
  

• potential energy that is related to an object’s speed

  
  

• potential energy that is related to an object’s speed

  
  

• potential energy that is stored when materials compress

  
  

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What is elastic potential energy?

• a type of potential energy that is stored when materials stretch or compress

  
  

• a type of potential energy that is related to an object's temperature

  
  

• a type of potential energy that is related to an object’s speed

  
  

• a type of potential energy that is stored when an object is forced to move

  
  

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Mechanical energy is __________.

• the total kinetic energy of an object’s particles

  
  

• a type of potential energy that is stored in the nucleus of an atom

  
  

• the sum of an object’s potential and kinetic energy

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles

  
  

Nuclear energy is __________.

• a type of potential energy that is stored in the nucleus of an atom

  
  

• the total kinetic energy of an object’s particles

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves

  
  

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What is thermal energy?

• a type of potential energy that comes from the bonds of atoms and molecules

  
  

• the total kinetic energy of an object’s particles

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves

  
  

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What is electrical energy?

• a type of kinetic energy that results from the position or motion of charged particles

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy caused by the vibration of particles

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves

  
  

• a type of potential energy that comes from the bonds of atoms and molecules

  
  

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What is electromagnetic energy?

• a type of potential energy that comes from the bonds of atoms and molecules

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy caused by the vibration of particles

  
  

• a type of potential energy that is related to height

  
  

• a type of kinetic energy that is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves

  
  

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