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

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Energy

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 The ability to cause change

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Kinetic Energy

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 Energy that an object has due to its motion

Ex:A ball that rolls down a hill

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Potential energy

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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

 

Ex:Somebody drops something from a tall height

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Elastic potential energy

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The energy of streched or compressed object

Ex:a rubberband streched has elastic energy

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Mechanical energy

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kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object.

Ex:A person hitting a nail with a hammer is mechanical energy.

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Thermal energy

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The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object

Ex:heat is thermal energy

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Electrical energy

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The energy of electric changes

Ex:Lightning is electrical energy

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Chemical Energy

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The process of changing one form of energy to another

Ex:when you eat food it converts chemical energy to energy for movement.

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energy transformation

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The process of changing one form of energy to another
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