Energy Vocabulary

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What is conduction?

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The transfer of energy through a solid substance or by direct contact.

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What is a medium in the context of energy transfer?

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Whatever energy is moving through.

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What three things are required to do work?

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Object, force, and motion.

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What is chemical energy?

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Stored energy in the compounds of matter.

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What is mechanical energy?

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Energy that is used or stored in moving parts.

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What is convection?

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The transfer of heat through fluids (liquids and gases) by the movement of the fluid itself.

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What is radiation?

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The transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves.

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What is thermal energy?

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The total energy of all the particles in an object, related to temperature.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy of an object due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The stored energy of an object due to its position or state.