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Energy Vocab

TermDefinition
potential energy Stored energy.
Kinetic Energy Any 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. The chemicals these materials contain determine how much chemical energy they store.
Gravitational Energy The energy stored in objects that are in a 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 Energy (Thermal) 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 that electricity provides.
Sound Energy The energy carried by sound waves.
Thermal another word for heat
Temperature measurement of the amount of thermal heat an object contains.
Friction The force resisting relative motion of surfaced 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 its properties.
Radiation where heat energy is traveling by invisible waves through space 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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