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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 stored in the particles of matter. |
| Mechanical energy | Energy of motion or moving parts. |
| Radiant energy | Energy that travels on invisible waves. |
| Thermal energy | The energy that all matter has because its particles are in motion |
| Electrical energy | The energy that comes form moving electrons |
| 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 to a different form or transferred from one object or 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 be 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 a warmer object to a cooler object. |