Energy Unit Vocabulary

ability to do work, which is the ability to exert a force causing displacement of an object

the energy an object has stored due to its position

energy that an object has due to its motion

potential energy that depends on the height of an object

the energy an object has due to being stretched or compressed

A group of parts working together to perform a function (example: your body’s systems work together, or the parts of a machine).

amount of matter in an object

speed in a given direction

variable that you change (is tested) in an experiment-always plotted on x axis in a graph.

variable that changes as a result of the independent variable-the one you measure- always plotted on y axis in a graph.