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energy vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | the ability to do work or cause |
| work | when a force is used to move an object over a distence or a 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 |
| radiant energy | energy that travels on invesible waves |
| thermal energy | the energy that all matter has because its particles |
| electrical energy | the energy that comes from moving electrons |
| potential energy | energy that is stored and ready to be used |
| kentic energy | energy that is working or in motion |
| law of conversation of energy | energy cannot be created or destroed but it can be changed to a diffrent form or transferred from one object or another |
| conserve | to save in respect of energy it means that energy cannot be |