Energy Vocabulary

4. Tool used to measure temperature in degrees
5. stored energy that depends upon the relative position of various parts of a system
6. Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds
8. average kinetic energy of the particles in an object measured in degrees
10. energy contained within a system that is responsible for its temperature
12. energy that is transferred from one body to another as the result of a difference in temperature

1. Matter cannot be created or destroyed
2. energy that an object or a particle has by reason of its motion
3. the capacity for doing work
7. energy produced by the movement of charged particles, like electrons, through a conductor like a wire
9. energy of either an object in motion or the energy that is stored in objects by their position
11. type of kinetic energy capable of allowing various forms of lights visible to the human eyes