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Energy Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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energy | the ability to work or cause change |
work | when a FORCE is used to MOVE an object over a distance or cause change. |
force | a PUSH or a PULL |
chemical energy | energy that is stored in the particles of matter(H20,food,plants,etc.) |
mechanical energy | energy of motion or moving parts(bicycle,wind turbine,ocean waves,wind,arms and legs |
radiant energy | energy that travels on invisible waves(sunlight(solar energy)heat from fire,x-rays,microwave)etc. |
thermal energy | the energy that all matter has because its particles(atoms,molecules)are in motion |
electrical energy | the energy that comes from moving electrons(can be static or current.) |
potential energy | energy that is stored and ready to be used |
kinetic energy | energy that is working or in motion |
law of conservation of energy | energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be changed(transformed, converted)to a different form or transferred from one object or another |
conserve | To save. In respect to energy, it means that energy is never created or destroyed, but always stays the same amount, even when it is transferred or transformed. |
transfer | to move something from one place to another or one object to another-the same type of energy can passed along one object to another |
Transform or Convert | other words that mean the same thing as the word CHANGE.heat-the transfer or flow of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object. |