| A | B |
|---|
| energy | the ability to do work or cause change |
| potential | energy that is stored and held in readiness |
| elastic potential | energy of stretched or compressed objects |
| mechanical | associated with the motion or position of an object |
| electrical | energy of moving electric charges |
| nuclear | potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom |
| energy conversion | process of changing one form of energy into another |
| kinetic | energy that an object has due to its motion |
| thermal | total energy of the particles in an object |
| gravitational potential | potential energy that depends on the height of an object |
| chemical | potential energy stored in chemical bonds |
| electromagnetic | energy of light and other forms of radiation |
| fossil fuels | materials such as coal that are burned to release their chemical energy |
| law of conservation of energy | rule that energy can not be created or destroyed |
| joule | a unit of work equal to one newton-meter |
| velocity | speed in a given direction |
| power | rate which energy is converted from one object to another |
| force | a push or pull exerted on an object |
| work | force exerted on an object that causes it to move |
| SI | International System of Units |
