Energy Vocabulary

3. the ability to do work or cause change
6. energy energy carried by an electric current
8. energy energy an object has due to its motion
10. measure of the average kinetic energy of the individual particles of a substance
11. energy energy stated in its object due to its position
13. transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one place to another in a gas or liquid
16. energy energy produced by vibrations
17. energy energy associated with motion or position of an object
19. of conservation of energy states that energy can never be created nor destroyed
20. energy energy contained in atomic nuclei

1. energy the sum of kinetic and potential energy of the particles in a material
2. energy energy stored in chemical bonds
4. material in which electrons can move or materials that transfer heat easily
5. potential energy energy carried by light
7. transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
9. movement of thermal energy from a substance at a higher temperature to a substance at a lower temperature
12. energy energy carried by an electromagnetic wave
14. transfer of thermal energy by direct contact or collision between particles
15. a material in which electrons cannot move easily
18. potential energy associated with things that can be stretched or compressed