Energy Vocabulary

2. Heat The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.
6. The capacity to do work or cause change.
8. A material that does not allow heat or electricity to pass through it easily.
10. Energy Energy that travels in waves, including light, radio waves, and X-rays.
11. of Conservation of Energy The principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
13. A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance.
15. A material that allows heat or electricity to pass through it easily.

1. Potential Energy The potential energy held by an object due to its height above the ground.
3. Energy The sum of kinetic and potential energy in a system.
4. Energy Stored energy based on an object's position or condition.
5. The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred.
7. The transfer of thermal energy from a hotter object to a cooler one.
9. Energy The energy an object has due to its motion.
12. The transfer of energy that occurs when a force is applied to move an object.
14. Energy The total kinetic energy of the particles in a substance, often felt as heat.