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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 or 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 |
| 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 of energy, it means energy cant be destroyed or created, but always stays the same amount, even when its it transferred or transform |
| transfer | to move something from one place or object or another- the same type of can be passed along from one object to another |
| transform or convert | other words that mean the same thing as CHANGED |
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