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Energy Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Potential energy | Stored energy |
Kinetic energy | Energy in motion |
Motion energy | The energy present in moving thing such as the wind,a race car,or a soaring ball |
chemical energy | the energy stored in materials such as food,batteries,dynamite,and gasoline |
gravitational energy | energy stored in objects that are in position to fall(once they fall the type of energy changes) |
Elastic energy | the energy stored in stretchy objects,like rubber bands or springs |
Heat energy | the energy a substance has as a result of its temp.. higher temp.= more heat energy |
Light energy | The energy carried by light rays |
Sound energy | The energy carried by sound rays |
Electical energy | The energy that electricity provides |
Thermal energy | Another word for heat |
Temperature | the measurement of the amount of thermal energy a subject has |
friction | the force resisting retaliative motion of surfaces that touch. When two objects rub together in opposite directions,friction is created |
Molecules | the smallest particle in which an element or compound can be divided,without changing |
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 really allow heat to pass through them. |