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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 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 of motion 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,molecules)are in motion |
| electrical energy | The energy that come 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 or 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 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. |