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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 PULL |
| Chemical energy | Energy that is stored in the particles of matter (H20, 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-ray, 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 stored and ready to be used. |
| Kinetic energy | Energy the is working or in motion. |
| Law of conservation energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed (transforming, converted) to a different form or transferred or transform. |
| 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 energy can passed along from on 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 a warmer object to a cooler object. |