Across
- 3. an example of gravitational energy, where the dam "piles" up water from a river into a reservoir.
- 6. stored energy
- 8. a type of radiant energy.
- 11. energy delivered by tiny charged particles called electrons.
- 14. Nuclear power plants split the nuclei of uranium atoms in a process called
- 15. the energy that holds the nucleus together
- 17. In motion, energy is released when an object ____
- 19. typically, the energy in _____ is far less than other forms of energy.
Down
- 1. energy is energy stored in an object's height.
- 2. Compressed springs and stretched rubber bands are examples of stored _____ energy.
- 3. The higher and _____ the object, the more gravitational energy is stored.
- 4. Stored energy.
- 5. the sun combines the nuclei of hydrogen atoms in a process called
- 7. can you paint with all the colors of the motion energy
- 9. the vibration and movement of the atoms and molecules within substances
- 10. This type of energy is converted to thermal energy when we burn wood in a fireplace or burn gasoline in a car's engine
- 12. electromagnetic energy that travels in transverse waves.
- 13. the faster objects move the more _____ energy is stored
- 16. Energy is neither ____ or destroyed
- 18. energy is the ability to do ____