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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. |
| 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 legs). |
| Radiant Energy | Energy that travels on invisible waves (sunlight (solar energy), |
| Thermal Energy | The energy that all matter had because it particles (atoms,molecules) are in motion. |
| Electrical Energy | The energy that come 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 Conversation of Energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed (transformed,converted) to a different form or transferred from one object to another. |
| Conserve | To save. In respect of energy, it means that energy is never created or destroyed, but always stays the same amount, even when it is transferred or tranformed. |
| Transfer | To move something from one place or one object to another - the same 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. |