Energy Vocabulary

3. natural resources that are limited in supply and cannot be replaced as quickly as they are used up.
6. energy that travels through space as electrical and magnetic waves.
8. Potential energy due to an object’s shape
9. the ability to move or change matter in some other way.
10. natural resources that can be replaced in a relatively short period of time or are virtually limitless in supply.
13. the energy of movement.
14. energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms because of the strong forces that hold the nucleus together.
15. energy of an object in motion.
17. materials or elements that can be used to produce energy.
18. The energy in sunlight
19. energy of moving atoms of matter.
20. The stored chemical energy in organic matter or wastes

1. form of mechanical energy that starts with a vibration in matter.
2. anything people can use that comes from nature.
4. energy that is stored in the bonds between the atoms of compounds.
5. The mechanical energy of rapidly flowing water which can turn a turbine and generate electricity
7. process in which one form of energy changes into another form.
11. energy that is stored in a person or object.
12. is thermal (“heat”) energy from below Earth’s surface.
16. Potential energy due to the position of an object above Earth’s surface
17. the energy of moving electrons.