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Energy Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Potential Energy | Stored 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 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 (once they fall,the type of energy changes) |
Elastic Energy | the energy stored in stretchy objects(rubber band or spring) |
Heat Energy | 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 | measure of the amount of thermal energy an object contains |
Friction | The force resisting relative motion of surfaces that touch. When two objects rub against each other in opposite directions,friction is created. |
Molecule | The smallest particle into witch an element or compound can be divided without changing its properties. |
Radtion | where heatenergy is traveling by invisable throgh space from the sun source |
convection the transfer of heat by move gas liquid | |
insulatorssubstencs that no heat | |
counduction heat throug a solid |