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Energy Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy | the ability to cause change |
| kinetic energy | the amount of energy an object has depends on the object's speed and mass |
| potential energy | energy that is stored |
| work | transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move in the direction of the force while the force is acting on the object |
| mechanical energy | the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy in a system of objects |
| sound energy | the energy that sound carries |
| thermal energy | the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up an object |
| electric energy | energy an electric current carries |
| radiant energy | energy that electromagnetic waves carry |
| nuclear energy | energy that is stored and released in the nucleus of an atom |