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Energy Vocabulary 01
"6th Grade - Energy Vocabulary - 01"
Question | Answer |
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Transform | To convert from one form into another form. |
Criteria (singular criterion) | Conditions that must be satisfied to successfully achieve a challenge |
Constraints | Factors that limit how you can solve a problem |
Indicate | To show |
Indicators | Observations that can tell you about the presence of some state or condition |
Inference | A plausible conclusion or interpretation based on observations or evidence |
Infer | To interpret from observations |
Kinetic energy | The energy an object has because of its motion |
Light energy | Visible energy that is given off by some objects in the form of radiation |
Radiation | Energy that moves in the form of rays, waves, or particles |
Radiate | Give off energy |
Electrical energy | The energy of moving electric charges |
Chemical energy | Energy stored in chemical bonds |
Elastic energy | The energy stored in an object when the shape of the object is changed |
Sound energy | Vibrating air that travels as waves to your ears |
Thermal energy | Experienced as heat; the energy of motion of all the particles in an object |
Renewable resource | A resource that is continually resupplied; for example, light energy from the Sun |
Nonrenewable resource | A resource that exists in a limited supply; for example, coal and oil |
Fossil fuel | An energy source that comes from the remains of living things; for example, coal, oil, and natural gas |