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HMS Science 6th grade Energy Unit Vocabulary May 2011

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energy   the ability to cause an object to MOVE, CHANGE, or WORK  
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transfer   WHEN ENERGY MOVES from one place to another  
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transform / transformation   WHEN ENERGY CHANGES from one type to another  
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potential energy   STORED ENERGY that has not yet been used  
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gravitational potential energy   a type of potential energy due to an OBJECT’S POSITION ABOVE THE EARTH  
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kinetic energy   WHEN AN OBJECT IS MOVING  
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heat   • the movement of thermal energy from hot to cold • the process of energy movement from a higher-temperature object to a lower-temperature object  
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temperature   a measure of the average energy per molecule of a substance  
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efficiency   the RATIO of USEFUL ENERGY RELEASED TO TOTAL ENERGY ABSORBED by the process  
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energy conservation   to reduce, or “save” the total energy transformed  
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