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Energy Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work or cause changes . |
| Work | When a Force is used to move an object over a distance or cause change . |
| Force | A PUSH or a PULL. |
| Chemical Energy | Energy that is stored in particles of matter (H20)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 invisable waves (sunlight ,(solar energy), heat from fire x-rays microwave)etc. |
| Thermal Energy | The energy that all matter has because its particles (atoms, moleclues)are in motion. |
| Electrial energy | The energy that comes from moving electrons(can be static or current.) |
| Potential energy | The energy that is stored and ready to be used. |
| Kinetic energy | Energy that is working in motion |
| Laws of conversation of energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed,but it can be changed (transformed,converted)to a different form of transferred from one object or another. |
| Conserve | To save respect to energy , it means that energy is never created or destroyed but always stays the same amount ,even when it is transferred or to be transformed |
| transfer | To move something from one place to another object -the same type of energy can be 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. |
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