| A | B |
| potential energy | Energy that is stored and available to be used later. |
| kinetic energy | The energy an object has due to its motion. |
| energy | The ability to do work or cause chamge. |
| friction | The force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another. |
| turbulence | A type of movement of water in which, rather than moving downstream, the water moves every which way. |
| load | the amount of sediment that a river carries |
| slope | the amount the river drops toward sea level over a given distance |
| volume | the amount of water that flows through a river at a given time |