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Energy Unit
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work or to cause a change. |
| Law of conservation of energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change forms or be transferred. |
| Open system | A system that continuously interacts with its surroundings. |
| Closed system | A system that can exchange energy, but not matter, with its surroundings. |
| Electricity | The continuous flow of electric charges through a conductor. |
| Electron | A negatively charged particle located outside the atom's nucleus. |
| Electric circuit | A closed path through which an electric current flows or may flow. |
| Electric current | A flow of electric charge. |
| Voltage | The difference in electrical potential energy between two places in a circuit. |
| Resistance | The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material. |
| Electromagnetic spectrum | The range of the seven types of waves that carry energy as electricity and magnetism. |
| Medium | A substance through which a wave travels. |
| Wave speed | The speed of a wave is determined when both frequency and wavelength are known. S = λf |
| Wave | A disturbance that transfer energy from one place to another without requiring matter to move the entire distance. |
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