Forms of Energy Vocabulary

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What is energy?

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The ability to do work or change something.

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What is potential energy?

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Energy stored in an object because of its position or state.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy an object has because of its motion.

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What is a battery?

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A device that produces an electric current due to changes in the materials inside it.

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What is an electric current?

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The flow of electrical energy

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What does it mean to insulate?

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to cover or surround with a material that reduces or stops the flow of energy

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What does conduct mean?

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to allow the passage of energy through or along a path

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What is electrical energy?

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a form of energy that gives some things the power to work

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What is static electricity?

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the build up of charged particles in a material

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What is an electrical circuit?

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a closed path through which an electrical current flows