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Energy

The ability to do work or to cause a change

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The Law of Conservation of Energy

Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be transformed.

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Energy Chains/Transformations

A visual list of what form of energy was originally present and all the forms of energy it was transformed into

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Example of energy chain

Plugging a lamp into a wall (Electrical to radiant)

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Potential energy

Stored energy within an object or associated with its position

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Kinetic energy

energy of motion

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Mechanical energy (p+k)

The total energy of motion and the position of an object (Also includes sound energy)

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Example of mechanical energy

A car

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Radiant energy (K)

Also known as light energy- is produced by the vibrations of electrically charged particles

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Example of radiant energy

A microwave

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Chemical energy (P)

The energy of a compound that changes as its atoms are rearranged

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Example of chemical energy

Food (clues are batteries, fire, chemical reaction)

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Electrical energy (K)

The energy of moving electrons

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Example of electrical energy

A lightbulb (clues are wires or outlet)

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Nuclear energy (P+K)

The energy that comes from changes in the nucleus of an atom

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Example of nuclear energy

Nuclear fusion in sun, Nuclear power plants use fission

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Thermal energy (K)

Total energy of moving molecules - affected by the speed and number of molecules

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Example of thermal energy

Ice cream melting on a hot day, hot springs, campfire, or cup of hot tea, water boiling

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