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Energy Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work or cause change |
| Work | When a FORCE is used to MOVE a 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 leg |
| Radiant Energy | Energy that travels on invisible waves ( sunlight ( solar energy) heat from fire x-ray, microwave) etc. |
| Thermal Energy | The energy that all matter has because it particles (atoms, molecules) are in motion. |
| Electrical energy | the energy that comes from moving electrons ( can be ststic 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 change ( transformed, converted) to a different form or transferred from one object. |
| Transform or Convert | Other words that mean the same thing as the word CHANGE. Heat- The transfer or flow of thermal energy from warmer object to a cooler object. |
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