| A | B |
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| Energy | abilty to cause change |
| Kinetic energy | energy in motion |
| Potential energy | energy that is stored |
| Law of conservation of energy | energy cannot be created or destroyed |
| Temperature | the measure of the average kinetic energy |
| Thermal energy | total energy of the particles in a substance or material |
| Heat | energy transfer due to a difference in temerature |
| Radiation | energy that travels by waves |
| Conduction | transfer of thermal energy from partical to partical |
| Convection | transfer of thermal energy that happens when particals move |
| Chemical energy | potential energy stored within chemical bonds |
| Electrical Energy | the energy of moving electric charges |
| Fossil fuel | contain energy that came from the sun such as coal |
| Transfer | object upon which the work is done gains the energy |
| Sun | source of energy for most of earths processes |
| Mechanical | kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object |
| Joule | A unit of work equal to one newton-meter |
| Radiation | transferr of energy by electromagnetic waves |
| Mechanical energy | energy associated with the motion or position of an object |
| Electromagnetic energy | light you see, traveling in waves and carry some electrical properties and some magnetic properties |
| Nuclear energy | energy stored in the nucleus of an atom, released during nuclear fission & fusion |
