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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 |
| chemical energy | Energy that is stored in the particles of matter (H2O , food , batteries , plants ect. |
| 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 from fire, x-rays microwave) ect. |
| 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 stotic or current.) |
| force | A PUSH or a PULL |
| 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 it can be |
| transfer | To move something from one place or one object to another - the same type of energy can be passed along from one object to another |
| Transform or Convert | Others words that mean the same thing as the word CHANGE. Heat- The transfer or flow or thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object. |
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