Energy and Motion Vocabulary

Energy is

• to move from one object to another

• the energy of a moving object

• stored energy in an object

• the ability to do work or cause change

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Potential energy is

• to do work or cause change

• stored energy in an object

• the energy of a moving object

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Kinetic energy is

• the energy of a moving object

• stored energy

• to change from one type of energy to another

• moves in a specific amount of time

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Speed is

• to move from one object to another

• the distance an object moves in a specific amount of time

• stored energy in an object

• the energy of a moving object

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Transfer is

• to move from one object to another

• to change from one type of energy to another

• the ability to work or cause change

• stored energy in an object

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Transform is

• to move from one object to another

• the ability to do work or cause change

• the energy of a moving object

• to change from one type of energy to another

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Heat is

• an organ that pumps blood

• energy that travels as a wave

• the transfer of thermal energy

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Radiation is

• energy that travels as a wave

• a form of energy we can see

• energy that can be heard

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A wave is

• a disturbance that travels in a pattern and carries energy

• energy that travels as a wave

• a form of energy we can see

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Light is

• energy that can be heard

• a form of energy we can see

• the transfer of thermal energy