1. Forms of Energy Unit 3
Part 2
Vocabulary

2. Chemical energy
Energy that is stored in matter and can be released during a chemical reaction

3. Electricity
Energy caused by movement of electrical charges

4. Mechanical energy
The combination of the potential and kinetic energy an object contains

5. Thermal energy
the total kinetic energy of the particles in matter

6. Energy transformation
The process through which energy can change from one form to another

7. Heat
What your body feels thermal energy as

8. Temperature
The measure of the energy of motion in the particles of matter, which we feel as how hot or cold something is

9. conduct
To transmit heat or electricity through a material or substance

10. Insulator
A material used to reduce or prevent the transfer of electricity, heat, or sound

11. Conductor
A material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it and therefore carries electricity well

12. Open circuit
When the path along which electric charges normally flow is not complete

13. Closed Circuit
A path that forms a complete loop along which electric charges can flow