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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 |
| mechanical energy | energy of motion or moving parts ( bicycle wind turbine oceans weaves 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 it particals ( 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 can be changed (transferred, converted) to a diffrent form or transferred from one object to another. |
| conserve | to save. in respect to energy it means that energy is never created or destrioed but always stays the same amount, even when it transford 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 as the word CHANGE. heat the transfer or flow of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object. |
| chemical energy | energy that is stored in the particles of matter ( h2o food batteries plants ect.) |