Science Chapter 3 Vocab.
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- energy
- the ability to cause change
- law of conservation of energy
- a law that states energy can neither be created nor destroyed
- energy efficiency
- a measurement of usable energy after an energy convrsion
- chemical energy
- energy that is stored in the chemical composition of matter
- electromagnetic energy
- energy that is transmitted through space in electromagnetic waves
- solar cells
- cells made of several layers of light-sensitive materials which convert sunlight directly into electrical energy
- sound energy
- sound results from the vibration of particles in a solid, liquid or gas
- potential energy
- the stored energy that an object has due to its position or chemical composition
- thermal energy
- the total amount of energy from the movement of particles in matter
- nuclear energy
- a large amount of energy found found in the nucleus of an atom
- mechanical energy
- the energy that moves objects
- kinetic energy
- the energy of motion