| A | B |
| potential energy | energy that is stored by position or conduction |
| power | the amount of work done in a given unit of time |
| temperature | the average kiergy of all the particles in an object |
| thermal energy | the total kinetic energy of all the particles in an object |
| kinetic energy | energy associated with motion |
| convection | heat transfer by currents in a fluid |
| conduction | heat transfer by actual physical contact of the objects |
| radiation | heat transfer by energy traveling in the electromagnetic waves |
| Celsius | temperature system used by most of the world |
| Fahrenheit | temperature system used in the USA |
| Kelvin | temperature system used by most scientists (chemists and physicists) |
| What kind of energy transfer is movement of the body? | mechanical |
| What kind of energy transfer is the sun? | nuclear |
| What kind of energy is stored in the body? | chemical |
| What kind of energy transfer is sunlight? | electrmagnetic |
| What kind of energy transfer is stored in plants? | chemical |