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Energy & Change
| Answer | Questions |
|---|---|
| Ability to cause change | Energy |
| energy | ability to cause change |
| solar energy | energy produced by the sun |
| electrical energy | carries charges in the form of shocks, lightning, and electricity, |
| Heat energy | eneryg og particles constantly moving |
| mechanical energy | energy of moving objects |
| circuit | a path where electricity flows through |
| closed circuit | charges flow throught wire and light bulb turns on |
| open circuit | charges cannot flw through wire and light bulb is turned off. |
| radiation | movement of heat energy in form of waves |
| conduction | movement of heat by direct contact between particles of matter |
| conductor | material that transfers heat or electricity easily |
| insulator | poor conductor of heat or electricity |
| convection | circulation of heat through liquid/gas by movement of particles. |
| melt | change form form a solid to a liquid |
| evaporate | change form from liquid to gas |
| condense | change form from gas to a liquid |
| freeze | change form from liquid to solid |
| potential energy | energy that object has becaus of position or structure, stored energy |
| kinetic energy | energy that something has because of its motion |
| joule | basic unit of energy and of work |