Energy Key Terms

2. Energy from an object in motion.
4. Is thermal energy generated and stored in the earth.
5. The potential energy of a magnetic field.
6. Potential energy is stored when materials stretch or compress.
8. Comes from very old life forms that decomposed over a long period of time.
9. Unlimited energy sources such as Solar Energy or Wind Energy.
11. Is potential and kinetic energy put together in an object.
17. When tiny particles called atoms, molecules or ions move faster it creates...
18. A substance that is being used up more quickly than it can replace itself.
19. Energy stored in an object.
20. Is a kind of kinetic energy with the ability to make types of light visible to human eyes.
21. Energy made from heat from the sun.

1. Is energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field.
3. Is a potential energy which is stored in an object until it is put to work.
7. Energy made by decomposing plants and animals.
10. The energy released during nuclear fusion.
12. Energy made by the wind and wind mills.
13. Is energy that is stored in atoms or molecules until broken or rearranged.
14. Energy can not be created or destroyed only be transformed or lost .
15. Can not be created or destroyed.
16. Made by water turbines.
21. Is a type of energy made by vibrations.