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Energy vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to d work or cause change. |
| Work | When a force is used to move object over a distance for cause a change. |
| Fore | A push or pull. |
| Chemical energy | Energy that is stored in the particles of matter(H20, 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)etc. |
| Thermal energy | The energy that all matter has because its particals (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 ready to be used. |
| Kinetic energy | Energy in a working or in motion. |
| Law of conversation of energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed (transformed,converted)to be 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 always stays the same. |
| Transfer | To move something from one place to another- same type of energy can passed along form one 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. |