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6th Grade/Period Science Energy Vocabulary Flash Cards

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Definition
Energy   The ability to work or cause change.  
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Work   When a FORCE is used to MOVE an object over a distance or cause change.  
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Force   A PUSH or a PULL.  
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Chemical Energy   Energy that is stored in the particles of matter (H2O, food, batteries, plants, etc.  
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Mechanical Energy   Energy of motion or moving parts (bicycle, wind turbine, ocean waves, wind, arms, legs).  
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Radiant Energy   Energy that travels on invisible waves (sunlight/solar energy, heat from fires, x-rays, microwave, etc).  
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Thermal Energy   The energy that all matter has because it's particles (atoms, molecules) are in motion.  
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Electrical Energy   The energy that comes from moving electrons (can be static or current).  
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Potential Energy   Energy that is stored and ready to be used.  
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Kinetic Energy   Energy that is working or in motion.  
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Law of Conservation of Energy   Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be hanged (transformed, converted) to a different form or transferred from one object or another.  
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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.  
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Transfer   To move something from one place or one object to another - the same type of energy can passed along from one object to another.  
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Transform or Convert   Other words that mean the same thing as the word CHANGE.  
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Heat   The transfer or Flow of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.  
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