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Science Unit 2
Transferring Energy and Information
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| energy | The ability to do work |
| transfer | When energy moves from one object to another |
| vibrate | When objects move back and forth |
| circuit | A path that ends in the same place as it begins (like a circle) |
| electric current | movement of electric charges |
| transform | to change |
| generator | A machine that turns one from of energy into electricity |
| mechanical energy | energy an object has because of its motion |
| efficiency | A comparison of how much energy is delivered and how much energy is used |
| battery | A stored container of matter with stored chemical energy |
| fossil fuel | forms underground from dead plants and animals (coal, oil or gas) |
| work | is the movement of an object that involves a transfer of energy |