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MELTS, week 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mechanical energy | energy from moving parts |
| Sound energy | energy you can hear, produced by vibrations as they move through a medium such as air, metal, or water |
| Energy | needed to do work |
| Thermal energy | heat energy |
| Electrical energy | energy from the movement of electrons |
| Light energy | radiant energy from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can detect with our sense of sight |
| Conductor | material that allows electrical current or thermal energy to pass through easily |
| Insulator | material that slows down or stops electric current or thermal energy from passing through |
| Current | flow of electricity in a a wire or other conductor |
| Vibration | the rapid movement of particles in a solid, liquid, or gas |