9Ib – Energy for movement key words

Question 1

chemical energy

Answer 1

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in chemicals. Food, fuel and batteries all store chemical energy.

Question 2

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in chemicals. Food, fuel and batteries all store chemical energy.

Answer 2

chemical energy

Question 3

deform

Answer 3

Change shape.

Question 4

Change shape.

Answer 4

deform

Question 5

dissipate

Answer 5

Spread out.

Question 6

Spread out.

Answer 6

dissipate

Question 7

efficiency

Answer 7

A way of saying how much energy something wastes.

Question 8

A way of saying how much energy something wastes.

Answer 8

efficiency

Question 9

elastic potential energy

Answer 9

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in stretched or squashed things that can change back to their original shapes. Another name for strain energy.

Question 10

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in stretched or squashed things that can change back to their original shapes. Another name for strain energy.

Answer 10

elastic potential energy

Question 11

electricity

Answer 11

A way of transferring energy through wires.

Question 12

A way of transferring energy through wires.

Answer 12

electricity

Question 13

fossil fuel

Answer 13

A fuel formed from the dead remains of organisms over millions of years (e.g. coal, oil or natural gas).

Question 14

A fuel formed from the dead remains of organisms over millions of years (e.g. coal, oil or natural gas).

Answer 14

fossil fuel

Question 15

gravitational potential energy

Answer 15

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in objects in high places that can fall down.

Question 16

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in objects in high places that can fall down.

Answer 16

gravitational potential energy

Question 17

heating

Answer 17

A way of transferring energy from hot substances to cooler ones.

Question 18

A way of transferring energy from hot substances to cooler ones.

Answer 18

heating

Question 19

kinetic energy

Answer 19

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in moving things.

Question 20

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in moving things.

Answer 20

kinetic energy

Question 21

law of conservation of energy

Answer 21

The idea that energy can never be created or destroyed, only transferred from one store to another.

Question 22

The idea that energy can never be created or destroyed, only transferred from one store to another.

Answer 22

law of conservation of energy

Question 23

light

Answer 23

A way of transferring energy by waves. Light waves can travel through transparent materials and through empty space.

Question 24

A way of transferring energy by waves. Light waves can travel through transparent materials and through empty space.

Answer 24

light

Question 25

non-renewable resource

Answer 25

Any energy resource that will run out because we cannot renew our supplies of it (e.g. oil).

Question 26

Any energy resource that will run out because we cannot renew our supplies of it (e.g. oil).

Answer 26

non-renewable resource

Question 27

nuclear energy

Answer 27

A name used to describe energy when it is stored inside materials

Question 28

A name used to describe energy when it is stored inside materials

Answer 28

nuclear energy

Question 29

renewable resource

Answer 29

An energy resource that will never run out (e.g. solar power).

Question 30

An energy resource that will never run out (e.g. solar power).

Answer 30

renewable resource

Question 31

solar energy

Answer 31

Energy from the Sun.

Question 32

Energy from the Sun.

Answer 32

solar energy

Question 33

sound

Answer 33

A way of transferring energy by waves. Sound waves travel through substances. They cannot travel through a vacuum.

Question 34

A way of transferring energy by waves. Sound waves travel through substances. They cannot travel through a vacuum.

Answer 34

sound

Question 35

strain energy

Answer 35

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in stretched or squashed things that can change back to their original shapes. Another name for elastic potential energy.

Question 36

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in stretched or squashed things that can change back to their original shapes. Another name for elastic potential energy.

Answer 36

strain energy

Question 37

thermal energy

Answer 37

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in hot objects. The hotter something is the more thermal energy it has.

Question 38

A name used to describe energy when it is stored in hot objects. The hotter something is the more thermal energy it has.

Answer 38

thermal energy