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Energy Vocabulary
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| kinetic energy | energy due to motion |
| temperature | the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a material |
| potential energy | stored energy when not in motion |
| thermal energy | result of the motion of all the particles |
| atom | a small particle that is the building block of life |
| substance | matter with a composition that is always the same |
| element | a substance that consists of one kind of atom |
| compound | a substance containing atoms of two or more elements |
| chemical formula | a group of chemical symbols and number that represent elements |