Energy Terms #13-24

What is the measure of the pull of gravity on an object?

• Volume

• Weight

• Mass

• Density

What is the energy associated with random motion of particles or atoms and molecules?

• Chemical Energy

• Thermal Energy

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

What term describes the regular back-and-forth motions of particles?

• Vibration

• Translation

• Rotation

• Oscillation

What is the potential energy related to an object’s height above the ground and its mass?

• Nuclear Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

What is a combination of speed and the direction in which an object travels?

• Force

• Momentum

• Velocity

• Acceleration

Ties scientific understandings to the claim and evidence. Reasoning explains why the claim and evidence makes sense.

• speed

• claim

• reasoning

• evidence

The building blocks of matter, made up of atoms joined by bonds.

• transmit

• molecules

• velocity

• thermal energy

Energy related to an object due to its shape or position

• potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• thermal energy

• vibration

How fast an object moves and is equal to the distance that travels divided by the time it takes.

• velocity

• acceleration

• weight

• speed

To pass something through a material.

• tunnel

• thermal energy

• transmit

• speed