Energy Test Vocab

3. Energy in the form of motion.
6. The transfer of energy by the movement of electromagnetic waves or subatomic particles through open space.
8. The total amount of potential energy and kinetic energy in a system.
12. Stored energy.
14. Heat transfer caused by the rising of hotter, less dense fluids and the falling of cooler, denser fluids.
17. The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a mass (1 gram) by one degree.
18. The average kinetic energy of an object’s particles.

1. A scale for measuring temperature in degrees in which 32° is the freezing point of water and 212° is the boiling point of water.
2. Transfer of thermal energy that occurs in solids, liquids, and gasses when two substances of different temperatures touch.
4. The speed of something in a given direction.
5. Something measurable that can change.
7. A force that causes some of your kinetic energy to transfer air particles that gradually slows you down.
9. When energy moves from one object to another object with different temperatures.
10. When two things rub together the energy changes to heat and leaves the system.
11. A metric scale for measuring temperature in degrees in which 0° water freezes and 100° is the boiling point of water.
13. The amount of energy needed to do a certain amount of work or cause a certain amount of change.
15. Distance with respect to time.
16. The amount of matter in an object.
19. The energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules.