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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 cause or change |
| force | push or pull |
| chemical energy | energy that is stored in the particles of matter ( H20, 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 through invisible waves ( sunlight(solar energy), heat from fire, x-rays and microwaves) |
| thermal energy | the energy that all matter has because its particles (atoms,molecule) are in motion |
| potential energy | the energy that is stored and ready to be used |
| kinetic energy | energy that is working or in motion |
| law of conservation | energy can not 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 or transformed |
| 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 | to transfer or flow of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |