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Energy Study Guide
Term | Definition |
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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. |