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Energy Vocab.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Potential Energy | Stored energy |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy being used |
| Motion Energy | the energy present in moving things |
| Chemical Energy | The energy stored in materials like batteres |
| Gravitational Energy | The energy stored in objects that are in a position to fall |
| Elastic Energy | The energy stored stretchy things when stretched or springy things when compressed |
| Heat Energy | The energy a substance has a result of its temperature Higher temp., more 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 | Measurment of the amount of heat energy an object has |
| Friction | When two objects rub against each other in opposite directions , it creates friction |
| Molecle | 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 |
| Convection | The transfer of heat by a moving gas or liquid |
| Conduction | Heat moving through a solid |
| Insulators | Substances that don't allow heat to pass through them |