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Energy vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do 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 that travels on invisible | Energy that travels on invisible waves ( sunlight ( solar energy ), heat from x-rays , microwaves ) etc. |
| Thermal energy | The energy that all 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 |
| Law of conservation of energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed , but it changed (transformed, converted) to a different form 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 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 flow or thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |