1. Trimester 2 Science vocabulary and concepts: Heat & Energy

2. Energy the ability to cause change Heat Energy

3. Potential Energy the stored energy an object has due to its position or chemical composition

4. Kinetic energy the energy of motion--the more mass or speed, the more kinetic energy

5. The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVxEEn3w 688&feature=related

6. Electrical energy energy of moving electrical charges

7. Electromagnetic energy energy that is transmitted through space in the form of electromagnetic waves

8. Thermal energy the total amount of energy from the movement of the particles in an object

9. Chemical energy energy stored in the chemical composition of matter

10. Sound energy energy produced by the vibration of particles that people and animals can detect

11. Mechanical energy energy that moves objects

12. Nuclear energy energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

13. Heat the flow of energy from a warmer object to a cooler object

14. Temperature a measure of the average amount of kinetic energy of the particles in an object

15. Conduction the transfer of heat energy from one object to another when they are touching

16. Convection the transfer of heat energy from the movement of particles in a gas or a liquid

17. Radiation the transfer of heat energy through electromagnetic waves

18. Conductor an object or material that transfers energy easily

19. Insulator an object or material that doesn’t transfer energy easily