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Energy Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| potential energy | stored energy |
| kinetic energy | Ant type of energy that is moving. |
| Motion energy | Motion energy is the energy present in moving things,such as the wind , a racing car, or a soaring ball. |
| Chemical energy | the energy stored in materials such as food, batteries , dynamite , and gasoline. |
| Gravitational energy | the energy stored in objects that are in a position to fall. {once the objects falls, the type of energy changes}. |
| Elastic energy | the energy stored in stretchy objects.{rubber bands and the springs contain elastic}. |
| Heat energy {Thermal} | the energy a substance has has a result of its temperature. Higher temp = more than heat energy. |
| Light energy | energy that carried by light rays. |
| Electrical energy | the energy that electrical energy carries |
| sound energy | the energy carried by sound waves. |
| Friction | the resisting relative motion of surface that touch . two surfaces rubbing in opposite |
| Molecule | the small particle into which an element or compound |
| radiation | |
| convection | |
| conduction | |
| insulators |