Unit 4 Energy Vocabulary

3. Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves
4. Energy is passed from atom to atom through direct contact
5. Energy derived from the heat in the interior of the earth
8. A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.
11. The potential energy of position or place
14. The kinetic energy in the form of heat
16. a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed
18. The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
19. Electricity generated from the energy of moving water
20. A form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms.
22. the kinetic energy carried in waves through matter
23. A liquid fossil fuel formed from decayed marine organisms
24. The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid

1. Energy cannot be created or destroyed
2. The kinetic energy of electromagnetic energy carried by waves
6. a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
7. Kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object
9. A gaseous fossil fuel formed from marine organisms that is often found above a layer of oil
10. A hard, black solid fuel formed from the remains of plants over millions of years and extracted from the ground; a nonrenewable fossil fuel
12. energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy
13. The kinetic energy of moving electrons
15. Power obtained from the kinetic energy of moving air.
17. A source of energy that can be used to transformed in to energy to meet people's needs
21. fuel created from living matter, such as trees