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Energy
5.6A-Exploring Uses of Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thermal Energy | Heat energy. |
| Transform | To change into something else. |
| Sound Energy | Energy you can hear, produced by vibrations as they move through a medium such as air, metal, or water. |
| Energy | Needed to do work. |
| Explore | To try to understand something by examining it carefully. |
| Electrical Energy (Electricity) | Energy from the movement of electrons. |
| Vibration | The rapid movement of particles in a solid, liquid, or gas. |
| Light Energy | Radiant energy from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can detect with our sense of sight. |
| The Law of Conservation of Energy | Energy is neither created nor destroyed, only transformed from one type of energy to another. |
| Mechanical Energy (Kinetic Energy) | Energy from moving parts. |
| Potential Energy | Energy that is stored. |
| Battery (Source or Cell) | A device that makes electricity by using chemical reactions, stores energy until it is needed. |
| Insulator | Material that slows down or stops electric current or thermal (heat) energy from passing through. |
| Conductor | Material that allows electric current or thermal (heat) energy to pass through easily. |
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