Energy Forms Science Vocabulary

Energy The ability to do work. http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/cardshowall.php?title=energy-flashcards_6

Energy Transformations The process of changing energy from one form to another. http://www.solpass.org/6-8Science/6s/standards/study6.2old.htm

Kinetic Energy Energy in use. http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/cardshowall.php?title=energy-flashcards_6

Potential Energy Energy that is stored. http://209.68.138.57/lc/archive/biology/Pages/Chapter05-Rabitoy.aspx

Light A form of energy that travels in waves and can move through empty space. http://www.theguardian.com/education/teacher-blog/2013/mar/18/light-teaching-resource-classrooms

Electrical Energy A form of energy produced inside particles of matter. http://butane.chem.uiuc.edu/pshapley/GenChem2/C1/3.html

Mechanical Energy Energy of motion or the potential for motion. http://www.kids.esdb.bg/hydro.html

Thermal Energy Heat energy; generated by the constant motion of particles in matter. http://energyinourlives.weebly.com/thermal-energy.html

Sound Energy Energy produced by vibrations as they travel through a specific medium. http://inwallspeakers1.com/sound-energy-examples-pictures/

Vibrate To move back and forth. http://artechulate.com.au/the-difference-between-content-marketing-and-marketing-content/

Heat Transfer The flow of heat energy between substances at different temperatures (conduction, convection, radiation) http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/correlation-between-temperature-and-radiation.php

Conduction Movement of heat between two objects at different temperatures that are in contact with each other through particle motions from warm to cold. http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/correlation-between-temperature-and-radiation.php

Radiation Movement of heat that travels in electromagnetic waves in all directions from its source does not require a medium to flow. http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/correlation-between-temperature-and-radiation.php

Convection Movement of heat when warmer areas of a liquid or gas rise to cooler areas in the liquid or gas. http://www.ces.fau.edu/nasa/module-2/correlation-between-temperature-and-radiation.php

Force A push or pull on an object. http://sincerelyleanne.com/wordpress/

Magnetism The ability of an object to push or pull on another object that has the magnetic property. http://www.stmary.ws/highschool/physics/home/notes/electricity/magnetism/Intromagnetism.htm

Gravity The force that pulls objects toward one another. http://www.lovemyscience.com/cat_gravity.html

Friction Force caused by objects rubbing together that makes them slow down or stop. http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/friction.htm#.VEhEhhwaCOM