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energy vocabulary
all about energy
Term | Definition |
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Potential Energy | Stored energy. |
Kinetic Energy | Any type of energy that's moving |
Motion Energy | Motion energy is the energy present in moving things such as wind,a racing car,or a soaring ball. |
Chemical Energy | Chemical Energy is the energy stored in materials such as food,batteries,dynamite,and gasoline. The chemicals these materials contain determine how much energy they store. |
Gravitational Energy | The energy stored in objects that are in position to fall (once the object falls the type of energy changes). |
Elastic Energy | The energy stored in stretchy objects (rubber bands and springs contain elastic energy) |
Heat (Thermal) Energy | The energy a substance has as a result of its temperature. Higher temp = more heat energy. |
Light Energy | The energy carried by light rays. |
Electrical Energy | The energy electricity provides. |
Sound Energy | The energy carried by sound waves. |
Thermal | Another word for heat. |
Temperature | The measurement of the amount of thermal energy an object contains. |
Friction | A force of resisting relative motion of surfaces that touch. Two surfaces rubbing in opposite directions create friction. |
Molecule | The smallest particle into which an element or compound can be divided, without changing is properties. |