Energy and Waves Vocabulary

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Energy

Back

The ability to do work

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Kinetic energy

Back

Moving, working energy

Front

Potential energy

Back

Stored, waiting energy

Front

Converted energy

Back

One kind of energy changed into another kind of energy

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Fuel

Back

A material that is burned to release energy

Front

Transferred energy

Back

Energy moved from one place to another

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Static electricity

Back

A buildup of electrical charge

Front

Nucleus

Back

The positive center of an atom

Front

Electron

Back

A negative particle of an atom

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Attract

Back

To pull together