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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 |
| Force | A PUSH or a PULL |
| Chemical Energy | Energy that is stored in the particles of matter (H2O , food , batteries , plants , etc.) |
| 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 particles (atoms, molecule) 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 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 to another |
| Conserve | To save. In respect to energy, it means that energy is never created or destroyed, but always stays the same amount, even when it is transferred from one object or another. |
| Transfer | To move something from one place or one object to another- the same type of energy can 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. |