Energy Definitions

The ability to do work or cause change

• motion
• energy
• force
• power

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The energy of a moving object

• kinetic energy
• electrical energy
• thermal energy
• potential energy

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stored energy in an object

• potential energy
• kinetic energy
• thermal energy
• mechanical energy

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the distance an object moves in a specific amount of time

• displacement
• acceleration
• speed
• velocity

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to move from one object to another

• transform

• transfer

• transverse

• generate

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to change from one type of energy to another

• generate

• transmutation

• transfer

• transform

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the action of one object bumping into antoher

• impact
• crash
• explosion
• collision

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the transfer of thermal energy

• heat

• light

• sound

• electric

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energy that travels as a wave

• convection

• conduction

• radiation

• resistor

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a form of energy we can see

• sound
• light

• electricity
• heat

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