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Energy vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work cause change |
| work | when a FORCE is used to MOVE an object over a distance or cause change. |
| force | A PUSH or a PULL |
| chemical Energy | Energy that is stored in the particles of matter ( H2O, food, batteries, plants, etc. ) |
| mechanical Energy | Energy of motion or moving parts ( bicycle, wind turbine, ocean waves, wind, arms and legs ) |
| radiant Energy | Energy that travels on invisible waves ( sunlight ( solar Energy ), heat form fire, x-rays, microwave ) etc. |
| Thermal Energy | The Energy that all matter has because its particles ( atoms, molecules ) are in motion |
| Electrical Energy | The Energy that comes from moving electrons ( can be static or current. ) |
| Potential Energy | Energy that is stored and ready to be used |
| kinetic Energy | Energy that is working or in motion |
| law of conservation of Energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed ( transformed, converted ) to a different form or transferred from one object or another. |
| Conserve | To save. In respect to Energy, it means that Energy is never created or destroyed, but always stays the same amount, even when it is transferred or transformed. |
| Transfer | To move something from one place to or one object to another - the same type of Energy can passed along from one object to another. |
| Transform or convert | Other words that mean the same thing as the word CHANGE. Heat- The transfer or flow of thermal Energy from a warmer object to a cooler object. |