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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 | PUSH or 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) ete |
| thermal energy | The energy that all matter has because its particles (atoms, molecules) are in motion |
| 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 |
| laws of conversation of energy | Energy can not 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's 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 | The transfer or flow of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |