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Energy Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Potential Energy | Stored energy. |
| Kinetic Energy | Any type of energy that is moving. |
| Motion Energy | 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 object falls the type of energy is changed). |
| Elastic Energy | The energy stored in stretchy objects. (rubber bands and springs contains elastic energy) |
| Heat Energy(Thermal) | The energy a substance has as results of its temperature. higher temp= more heat energy |
| Light Energy | The energy carried by light rays. |
| Electrical Energy | The energy that electricity provides. |
| Sound Energy | The energy carried by sound waves. |
| Thermal | Another word for heat |
| Temperature | The measurement amount of thermal energy an object contains. |
| Friction | The force resisting relative motion of surfaced that touched. Two surfaces rubbing in opposite dircetions create friction. |
| Molecule | The smallest particle into which an element or compound can be divided, without changing its properties. |
| Radiation | Where heat energy is traveling by invisible waves from the source.(sun) |
| Convection | The transfer of heat by a moving gas or liquid. (steam) |
| Conduction | Heat moving through a solid.(stove top) |
| Insulators | Substances that do not readily allow heat to pass through them. |
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