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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 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. |
Elastic energy | The energy stored in stretchy objects , like rubber bands or springs. |
Heat energy | The energy a substance of a result of its temperature higher temp = more heat energy. |
Light energy | The energy carried by light rays. |
Sound energy | The energy carried by sound waves. |
Electrical energy | The energy that electricity provides. |
Thermal | Another word for heat. |
Temperature | The measurement of the amount of thermal energy an object contains. |
Friction | The force resisting relative motion of surfaces that touch. When two objects rub together in opposite directions. |
Molecule | The smallest particle into which an element or compound can be divided,without changing it. |
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. |