Energy Flashcards

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Potential energy

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Stored energy that’s waiting to do work.

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Energy

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The ability to do work

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Kinetic energy

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The energy thar moving things have ie, a windmill turning or a car moving

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Heat energy

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Heat is energy because it can cause things to move. Hot air causes a hot air balloon to rise,heat in a steam train engine moves trains

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Light energy

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Light energy can move things in a crookes radiometer or in a solar powered calculator, plants use light to make food

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Sound energy

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If you put your head near a loudspeaker you can feel that air is being moved by sound energy

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Electrical energy

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This energy can make things like extractor fans move. It is flow of electrons around a circuit

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Chemical energy

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This type of energy stored in fuels such as coal and oil, it is also stored in the food we eat and in batteries.

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Nuclear energy

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This energy is stored In the nucleus of atoms, the energy that comes from the sun.

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Law of conservation of energy

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Energy can’t be created or destroyed it can play b changed (converted) from one form to another

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Circuits

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A circuit is made up of a battery, some wires and different types of equipment and can be used to observe energy conversions

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