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Energy vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy | when a force is used to move an object over a distance or cause change |
| work | a push or pull |
| force | Energy that is stored in the particles of matter (H20,food,batteries,plants,ect) |
| chemical energy | Energy that is stored in particals of matter(h2o,food,batteries,plants) |
| mechanical energy | Energy of or moving parts(bicycle,wind turbine) |
| radiant energy | Energy that travels on invisible waves (sunlight,solar) |
| thermal energy | the energy that all matter has because of its particicles |
| electrical energy | the energy that comes from moving electrons(can be static or current) |
| potential energy | energy that is stored and ready to use |
| 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(transformed or converted) to a diffrent from or transfered to an object |
| conserve | to save in respect to energy it means energy is never created or destroyed |
| transfer | to move something from one place to another or object-the same type of energy passed from anther object |
| transform or convert | other words that mean the same thing as the word change.-heat the transfer of the flow of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object |