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Vocabulary Words for Energy & Temperature

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Energy   What is needed to do work or cause change  
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Mechanical Energy   Energy produced by a machine or moving part  
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Electrical Energy   Energy produced by the movement of electons  
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Light Energy   Radiant energy that our eyes can see from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum  
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Thermal Energy   Energy that causes a transfer of heat or temperature between materals  
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Sound Energy   Energy produced from vibrations that you can hear  
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Potential Energy   Energy that is being stored  
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Kinetic Energy   The energy of motion  
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Infrared Radiation   Light energy that is invisible. Its wave lengths are longer that those of visible light  
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Ultraviolet Light   Invisible light energy that has shorter wavelengths that those of visible light.  
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System   A group of interacting or independent parts forming a complex whole  
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Law of Conservation of Energy   Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, energy just changes form  
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Energy Transformation   The change of energy from one form to another  
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Conductor   A substance that allows the flow of electric charge of transfers thermal energy through matter  
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Insulator   A substance that resists electric current or a material that resists the flow of heat  
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Chemical Energy   A form of energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor.  
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Kinetic Theory of Matter   All of the particles that make up matter are constantly moving.  
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Temperature   A measure of the average kinetic energy of all the particles in a an object.  
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Degrees   Equally spaced units between two points.  
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Thermometer   Instrument used to measure temperature.  
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