| A | B |
|---|
| Potential Energy | State of stored energy |
| Kinetic Energy | State of moving energy |
| Mass | amount of matter in an object |
| Weight | the amount of force gravity exerts on an object |
| Height | the distance from the ground to object |
| Gravity | force exerted by objects on each other |
| Force | a push or pull |
| Velocity | speed in a certain direction |
| Heat | the flow of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |
| Sound | moving wave energy through a medium produced by a vibrating object |
| Radiant Energy | moving wave energy that travels through space; electromagnetic energy |
| Motion | the change in position over time |
| Transfromation | when one thing changes to another |
| Electrical Energy | energy of moving electrons |
| Mechanical Energy | gears in a machine, reaching to grab something, PE + KE = ME |
| Conservation Law of Energy | Energy cannot be destroyed or created it only changes form |
| Solar Energy | Radiant energy from the sun, the source of all our energy |
| Wind Energy | the movement of air due to temperature changes |
| Nuclear Energy | energy stored in the nucleus of atoms |
| Biomass | matter make by living organisms |
| Fossil Fuels | dead biomass buried under heat and pressure in the earth; oil, coal, natural gas |
| Geothermal Energy | Heat energy coming from deep in the earth |
| Tidal Energy | movement of energy due to moons gravity |
| Wave Energy | a disturbance that transfers energy from one place to another without transferring matter |
| Hydropower | transforming water energy to electrical energy |
| Thermal Energy | the total kinetic energy of the particles in an object. (an ice berg has more than you because it has more particles) |
| Temperature | a measurement of how fast particles are moving in an object |
| Chemical Energy | energy stored in the bonds of molecules |
| Gravitational Potential Energy | the stored energy of an object because of its mass and height above ground. |
| Elastic Potential Energy | the stored energy by compressing springs or stretching rubber bands |
| Atom | the basic unit of matter |
| Conduction | movement of energy when two objects touch |
| Convection | energy transfer in gases and liquids when warm and rising is replaced by cold and sinking gases or liquids |
| Friction | when two surfaces rub together |
| Heat | flow of energy from warm objects to cooler objects |
| Radiant Energy | Transfer of energy without touching. car sitting out in sun |
| Density | amount of mass in a given volume. D=m/v |
