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Energy
Energy Unit Vocabulary
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Science
8th Grade
12/01/2014

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Term

ENERGY

 

 

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Definition

the ability to make change or do work

 

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Kinetic Energy

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Definition
Energy that an object has due to its motion
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Potential Energy

 

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Definition
stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object
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Gravitational Potential Energy

 

 

 

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potential energy that depends on the height of an object
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Elastic Potential Energy

 

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the energy of a stretched or compressed objects
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Mechanical Energy

 

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kinetic or potential energy associated eith the motin or position of an object
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Thermal Energy

 

 

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Definition
the total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object
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Electrical Energy

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Definition
the energy of electrical charges
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Nuclear Energy
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Nuclear Energy

 

 

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Definition
the potential energy stored in the nucleus  of an atom
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Electromagnetic Energy

 

 

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the energy of light and other forms of radiation 
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