Unit 3 - Energy

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What is energy?

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Energy is the ability to do work and make change.

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How does a phone play music after being plugged in?

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The electrical energy from the outlet is transformed to chemical energy and then to sound and light energy when the phone is used to play music.

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What are examples of chemical energy?

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Batteries, wood, and food are examples of chemical energy.

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What does the law of Conservation of Energy state?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form to another.

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What is defined as the flow of energy from one form to another?

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Energy Transformation.

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What is potential energy?

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Potential energy is the stored energy in an object due to its position or state.

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What is kinetic energy?

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Kinetic energy is the energy of an object in motion.

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What is mechanical energy?

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Mechanical energy is the sum of potential and kinetic energy in an object.

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What is thermal energy?

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Thermal energy is the energy that comes from the temperature of matter.

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What is electrical energy?

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Electrical energy is the energy of moving electrons.