Energy Vocabulary

3. resources that exist in limited quantities, and, once used, cannot be replaced except over the course of millions of years
4. resources that can be replaced in a relatively short period of time
9. oil, natural gas, and coal; they were formed underground from the remains of once-living organisms
11. the energy associated with electric charges
14. generates electricity by reacting hydrogen with oxygen
15. process of changing energy from one form to another
16. the chemical energy stored in living things
17. energy of motion; equal to 1/2mv2
20. the energy stored in chemical bonds
21. finding ways to use less energy or to use energy more efficiently

1. energy obtained from flowing water
2. a form of energy that travels through space in the form of waves
5. potential energy of an object that is stretched or compressed
6. total potential and kinetic energy of all the microscopic particles in an object
7. energy that is stored as a result of position or shape
8. potential energy that depends upon an object's height; equal to mgh
10. energy associated with the motion and position of everyday objects
12. thermal energy beneath the Earth's surface
13. energy stored in atomic nuclei
18. sunlight that is converted into usable energy
19. the ability to do work