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energy vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | the ability to do work or cause change |
| work | when a force is used to move an object over a distance or cause change |
| force | a PUSH or a PULL |
| mechanical energy | energy of motion or moving parts |
| chemical energy | energy that is stored in the particles of matter |
| radient energy | energy that travels on energy waves |
| thermal energy | the energy that all matter has because its particles |
| electrical energy | the energy that comes from moving electrons |
| potential energy | energy that is stored and ready to be used |
| kinetic energy | energy that is working or in motion |
| law of conservation | energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed to a different form or transferred |
| 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 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 |