Energy Unit Vocabulary

What is a source?

• a cause or starting point.

• the movement of electrons through a wire.

• the path that an electric current travels on.

• the rate of flow of electric charge.

What is a ray?

• any of the lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object.

• a rapid motion (as of a stretched cord) back and forth.

• the rate of flow of electric charge.

• vibration in air and water that stimulate the nerves inside the ears to create the sensation of hearing.

What is force?

• the work that a certain force (gravitational, electromagnetic, etc) can do.

• strength or energy caused by physical action or movement.

• change of location or position of an object with respect to time.

• to come together with solid or direct impact

What is transfer of energy?

• the movement of energy from place to place.

• the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time.

• the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.

• the work that a certain force (gravitational, electromagnetic, etc) can do.

What is energy?

• the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.

• the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time.

• the work that a certain force (gravitational, electromagnetic, etc) can do.

• the movement of energy from place to place.

What is speed?

• the movement of energy from place to place.

• the work that a certain force (gravitational, electromagnetic, etc) can do.

• the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time.

• the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.

What is thermal energy?

• vibration in air and water that stimulate the nerves inside the ears to create the sensation of hearing.

• a type of energy that makes it possible for us to see the world around us.

• the form of energy that is transferred between systems or objects with different temperatures.

• energy in the form of heat.

What is heat?

• energy in the form of heat.

• a type of energy that makes it possible for us to see the world around us.

• the form of energy that is transferred between systems or objects with different temperatures.

• energy in the form of heat.

What is stored energy?

• the work that a certain force (gravitational, electromagnetic, etc) can do.

• the capture of energy produced at one time for use at a later time.

• the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.

• - the movement of energy from place to place.

What is vibration?

• vibration in air and water that stimulate the nerves inside the ears to create the sensation of hearing.

• vibration in air and water that stimulate the nerves inside the ears to create the sensation of hearing.

• any of the lines of light that appear to radiate from a bright object.

• a rapid motion (as of a stretched cord) back and forth.