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Energy Study Guide
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | The ability to do work or cause change |
| work | When a FORCE is used to MOVE and object over a distance or cause change. |
| force | A PUSH or a PULL |
| chemical energy | Energy of motion or moving particles of matter (H2O, food, batteries, plants, etc.) |
| mechanical energy | Energy of motion or moving particles of matter (bicycle, wind turbine, ocean waves, wind arms and legs |
| radiant energy | Energy that travels on invisible waves (sunlight (solar energy ), heat from 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 is ready to use |
| 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 cannot be created or destroyed, but 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 be passed along one object from another. |
| Transform or Convert | Other words mean the same thing as the word CHANGE. |
| Heat | The transfer or flow of the thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object. |