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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 sorted 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,molecules)are in motion. |
| Electrical Energy | The energy that comes from moving electrons(can be static or current.) |
| Potential Energy | Energy that is sorted and ready to be used. |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy that is working or in motion. |
| Law of Conversation of Energy | energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be changed(transformed,converted)to a different form or transferred 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 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 warmer to a cooler object. |