Unit 3- Energy Vocabulary Spring 2025

Energy stored due to position or configuration.

• potential
• energy
• radiant
• kinetic

Energy that results from the vibration of material.

• heat
• sound
• kinetic
• radiant

Energy released with the nucleus of an atom splits or the nuclei of multiple atoms fuse.

• chemical
• nuclear
• radiation
• thermal

A measure of how hot (or cold) something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.

• conduction
• temperature
• convection
• radiation

the energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms.

• chemical
• nuclear
• electrical
• thermal

A type of energy in the form of heat.

• radiation
• chemical
• thermal
• temperature

energy that results in the movement of electrons through a conductor.

• sound
• thermal
• mechanical
• electrical

the transfer of thermal energy.

• energy
• electrical
• heat
• sound

facilitates heat transfer so heat can quickly move into and out of the material

• insulator

• conductor

• convection

• conduction

The energy of light and other forms of radiation, which travels through spaces as waves.

• convection
• radiant
• thermal
• sound