Science Vocabulary

5. when light passes outward through space without the need for solids, liquids, or gases
7. when heat transfers due to contact
8. Resources that people use up faster than nature can replace them
12. energy that is doing work or has the potential to do work
13. energy from inside the nucleus of an atom
14. energy from the electrons of the atom
15. another form of energy from vibrating particles

1. when heat rises because it is lighter than colder materials
2. stored energy that is released when chemicals combine
3. energy from the vibrations of atoms called compressions and rarefactions
4. energy that is stored
6. Natural resources that can be replaced by natural processes in fewer than 100 years
9. the ability to cause change
10. energy in the form of motion
11. energy that travels in the form of a wave