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Energy Vocab
Term | Definition |
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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. |