WorksheetsEnergy Vocabulary
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Worksheet time: 26mins
Substances that can be used as sources of energy
Energy Sources
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Resources that produce very little waste products and can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time
Resources that exist in limited supply and are
used up faster than they can be replaced.
Power generated by harnessing the
energy from the movement of wind.
Power produced by harnessing the energy
from the Sun’s rays.
Solar energy
Energy produced from the
movement of flowing water.
Hydroelectric energy
Energy produced from
recently living organisms
or their waste.
Biomass
Energy that comes from
extreme heat within the Earth.
A solid energy
resource produced
from plant remains.
An energy resource formed
from the remains of small
marine plants and animals
buried under heat and pressure.
Oil
A flammable gas
that occurs naturally
underground.
oil
gasoline
natural gas
Energy produced by
atomic reactions
through splitting the
nucleus of an atom.
energy conservation
natural gas
hydropower
nuclear energy
the ability to do work
energy changing from one form to another
stored energy or energy of position
the energy of motion
energy stored in the bonds of molecules
energy stored in bending, twisting, or stretching of an object
Gravitational energy
Elastic energy
energy stored in magnetic fields
energy due to an object's height above the ground
Gravitational energy
energy in electric charges or fields
Mechanical energy
Nuclear energy
Thermal energy
Electrostatic energy
energy of moving electrons or electric charges
energy of heat and temperature
mechanical energy
thermal energy
electrical energy
electromagnetic energy
energy of motion or position
Chemical Energy
Electrical Energy
Thermal Energy
Mechanical Energy
energy that travels in waves
sound energy
hydropower
mechanical energy
electromagnetic energy
energy from vibrations in matter
law of conservation of energy
nuclear energy
sound energy
electromagnetic energy
energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be transformed into other forms of energy.
Newton's 1st Law
Law of energy
Newton's 2nd Law
Law of conservation of energy
The form of energy associated with the movement of atoms or molecules in a material
heat
cooling
light
waves
the movement of thermal energy from one substance to another
cold transfer
heat transfer
magnetic transfer
wave transfer
the transfer of heat from one substance to another through direct contact
the transfer of heat through currents caused by the warming and cooling of liquids or gases
the transfer of heat through electromagnetic waves
a material that allows electricity or heat to pass through easily
a material that slows or stops the flow of energy and does not allow electricity or heat to pass through it
the point when substances have reached the same temperature and hear no longer flows between them
the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree
Specific heat
disturbances that transfer energy from place to place
a type of wave that moves the medium at a right angle to the direction in which the wave travels
a type of wave that displaces the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which waves travel
a type of wave that is a combination of transverse and longitudinal waves
the distance between two corresponding waves
the maximum distance a wave moves away from the rest position
the number of complete waves that pass a given point in a certain amount of time.
the distance a wave travels in one unit of time
the unit of measure for frequency
represents a wave before a disturbance
rest position
the material through which a wave travels-can be solids, liquids, or gases.
cold
heat
medium
the highest part of a transverse wave
crest
trough
compression
the region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are closest together
rarefaction
compression
trough
crest
the region of a longitudinal wave where the particles are furthest apart.
rarefaction
compression
trough
crest
to reduce the amount of energy or energy resources used
energy conservation
energy usage
energy hold
the lowest part of a transverse wave
trough
crest
rest position
