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Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| MECHANICAL ENERGY | Energy from moving parts |
| SOUND ENERGY | Energy you can hear,produced by vibrations as they move through a medium such as air, metal,or water |
| ENERGY | Needed to do work |
| THERMAL ENERGY | Heat energy |
| ELECTRICAL ENERGY | Energy from the movement of electrons |
| VIBRATION | The rapid movement of particles in a solid, liquid, or gas |
| LIGHT ENERGY | Radiant energy from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum that we can detect with our sense of sight |
| CONDUCTOR | material that allows electric current or thermal energy to pass through easily |
| INSULATOR | material that slows down or stops electric current or thermal energy from passing through |
| CURRENT | flow of electricity in a wire or other conductor |