5th Grade Unit 2, Module 1 Part 1 Vocabulary

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Chemical Energy

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Potential energy that is released when links between particles are broken or created

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Nuclear Energy

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Stored energy that is released when the links between particles that make up matter are broken

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Thermal Energy

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The internal energy of an object due to the energy of motion of its particles

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Sound Energy

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A type of energy produced by vibrations of material

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Transferred

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Goes to another object

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Transformed

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Turns into something else

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Vibration

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The back and forth motion that creates sound

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Sound Wave

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A wave that transfers energy through a material and spreads outwards in all directions from a vibration

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Medium

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The substance through which waves travel

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Longitudinal Waves

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A wave vibrating in the same direction that the energy moves