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Science Vocabulary
Light and energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cause | makes something happen |
| effect | what happens |
| energy | the ability to do work or cause change |
| electrical energy | the movement of electrical charges |
| sounds energy | energy you can hear |
| light energy | energy you can see |
| kinetic energy | the energy of motion |
| mechanical energy | the energy that motion or position give to an object |
| potential energy | stored energy |
| heat energy | transfer of heat from one place to another |
| wave | disturbance that carries on energy from one point to another point |
| crest | highest point of a wave |
| trough | lowest point of a wave |
| wavelength | distance between two crests or two troughs |
| wave | form that energy travels in |
| absorb | to take in light |
| reflect | to bounce light off of an object |
| shadow | a dark area formed where an object blocks light |
| refract | to bend light |
| light energy | energy we can see |