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Energy Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Potential | stored energy. |
| Kinetic | energy in motion or being used. |
| Motoin Energy | the energy present in moving things such as the wind ,a racing car ,or a flying ball. |
| Chemical Energy | the energy stored in material such as food, batteries, dynamite, and gasoline. |
| Gravitational Energy | The 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 objects (a rubber band or spring ). |
| Heat Energy | The energy the 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. |
| Temprature | Measure of amount of thermal energy contains. |
| Friction | The force resisting relative motion or surfaces that touch. |
| Molecules | The smallest particles into witch an element or compound can be divided without changing its properties. |
| Radiation | Where heat is traveling by invisible waves through space from the source. (Sun) |
| Convetion | The transfer of heat by a moving gas or liquid (Stream). |
| Conduction | Heat moving through a solid . (Stove top ) |
| insulators | Substances that do not readily allow heat to pass through them. |