Chapter 2 vocab words

4. Stored energy due to the interactions between objects or principles.
6. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of particles from one part of a material to another.
11. The transfer of thermal energy due to collisions between particles.
12. The movement of thermal energy from a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature.
13. The conversation of one form of energy to another.
15. The amount of energy used as a force moves an object over a distance.
16. The ability to cause change.
17. A disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter.

1. The measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material.
2. Law that states that energy can be transformed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
3. An energy resource that is replaced as fast as, or faster than, it is used.
5. An energy resource that is available in limited amounts or that is used faster than it can be replaced in nature.
7. Energy due to motion.
8. A material through which thermal energy flows slowly.
9. The process of moving energy from one object to another without changing form.
10. A material through which thermal energy flows quickly.
14. The transfer of thermal energy by electromagnetic waves.