Energy Vocabulary

4. Energy stored by something that can stretch or compress such as a rubber band or spring
5. energy resulting from the flow of electric charge
6. the ability to move matter or change matter in some way; the ability to do work
7. Energy stored in an object due to its height above the Earth
8. energy that is stored in the nuclei of atoms because of the strong forces holding the nucleus together
9. Energy stored in chemical bonds
10. energy in the form of motion
11. Energy that is stored in matter

1. form of mechanical energy that starts with a vibration in matter that travels in waves to our eardrum
2. energy that travels through space as electrical and magnetic waves (light, magnet, xrays)
3. energy from molecules and atoms that are vibrating faster due to a rise in temperature