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energy vocab
| Question | Question | Answer | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | Electrical Energy | The ability to do work or cause change | The energy that comes from moving electrons (can be static or current.) |
| Work | Potential Energy | when a FORCE is used to MOVE an object over a distance or cause change | Energy that is stored and ready to be used. |
| Force | Kinetic Energy | A PUSH or a PULL | Energy that is working or in motion. |
| Chemical Energy | Law of conservation of energy | Energy that is stored in particles of matter (H2O,food,batteries, plant,etc.) | energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed (transformed, converted) to a diff rent |
| Mechanical Energy | Conserve | Energy of motion or moving parts (bicycle, wind turbine, ocean waves,wind,arms and legs.) | 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. |
| Radiant Energy | Transfer | Energy that travels on invisible waves(sunlight(solar energy),heat from fire,x-rays,microwave) etc. | To move something from one place or one object to another-the same type of energy can passed along from one object to another. |
| Thermal Energy | Transform or Convert | The energy that all matter has because its particles (atoms,molecules) are in motion | 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. |