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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 |
| 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 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 to another - the same type of energy can be 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 warmer object to a coolor object |