A | B |
energy | ability to do work |
mechanical | energy provided by machines |
chemical | energy provided by the breaking or forming of chemical bonds |
solar | energy provided by the sun |
electric | energy of moving electrons |
nuclear | energy provided by splitting or fusing atoms |
geothermal | energy provided by the heat inside the earth |
thermal | energy provided by the speed of atoms |
renewable | energy that can be replaced |
non-renewable | energy that once it is used up can't be replaced |
potential | stored energy |
kinetic | energy in motion |
transformation | changing from one form of energy into another form |
efficiency | measure of output divided by input |
work | an applied force moving an object |
joule | metric unit to measure energy |
sound | vibrational energy |
radiant | electromagnetic wave energy |
infiltration | seeping of water into the ground |