Energy and Physics Vocabulary

The ability to do work or cause change is called ________.

• Energy

• Matter

• Force

• Power

The rate at which work is done is called ________.

• Power

• Energy

• Force

• Velocity

Stored energy is known as ________.

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

• sound energy

The energy of stretched or compressed objects is called ________.

• elastic potential energy

• chemical energy

• gravitational potential energy

• thermal energy

The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is called ________.

• nuclear energy

• chemical energy

• thermal energy

• electrical energy

Heat energy is also known as ________.

• thermal energy

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• chemical energy

Kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object is called ________.

• mechanical energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

• electrical energy

Potential energy that depends on the height of an object is called ________.

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• chemical potential energy

• nuclear potential energy

Energy of motion is called ________.

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• thermal energy

• chemical energy

Force exerted on an object that causes it to move is called ________.

• work

• energy

• power

• pressure