Energy Vocabulary

Energy that is stored in matter and can be released by a chemical reaction

• Chemical Energy

• Conduct

• Energy

• Insulator

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The electric force exerted by oppositely charged particles, tending to draw or hold the particles together

• Conductor

• Attraction

• Electricity

• Pitch

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An interconnection of electrical elements forming a complete path for the flow of electric current

• Conductor

• Insulator

• Circuit

• Reflect

Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor

• Heat Energy

• Motion

• Speed

• Electrical Energy

A material that readily allows electric charges to pass through it and therefore carries electricity well

• Conductor

• Unbalanced Force

• Insulator

• Reflect

The physical phenomena arising from the behavior of electrons and protons that is caused by the attraction of particles with opposite charges and the repulsion of particles with the same charge

• Repel

• Motion

• Electricity

• Energy

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To transmit heat, sound, or electricity through a medium.

• Light Energy

• Circuit

• Heat Energy

• Conduct

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Forces that are unequal in magnitude and may or may not be opposite in direction; also see force and balanced forces

• Sound Energy

• Motion

• Pitch

• Unbalanced Forces

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Amount of distance traveled divided by time taken

• Motion

• Speed

• Energy

• Conduct

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To force away or apart.

• Reflect

• Attraction

• Repel

• Heat Energy