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Energy Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Potential Energy! | Sorted Energy. |
Kinetic Energy! | Energy in motion or being used. |
Motion Energy! | The energy present in moving things such as the wind,a racing car, or soaring ball. |
Chemical Energy! | Chemical Energy is the energy stored in materials such as food,batteries,TNT,and gasoline. |
Gravitational Energy! | The energy stored in objects that are in a position to fall (once they fall the type of energy changes.) |
Elastic Energy! | The energy stored in stretchy objects (a rubber band or spring.) |
Heat Energy! | The energy or substance has 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 Energy! | Another word for heat. |
Temperature! | Measurement of the amount of thermal energy an object contains. |
Friction! | The force resisting relative motion of surfaces that touch. When 2 objects rub against each other in opposite directions, it creates 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) |
Convention! | The transfer of heat by a moving gas or liquid. (steam) |
Conduction! | Heat moving through a solid.(stove top) |
Insulators! | Substance that do not readily allow heat to pass through them. |