Thinking in Energy

Level 6

Conservation of Energy

 

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only moves between one place and another place, between objects and/or fields, or between systems.

TERMS:

  • Energy - the ability to cause change

  • Conservation - the quantity of a physical quantity remains constant

  • Object - a material thing that can be seen and touched

  • Field - the region in which a particular condition (i.e. force) prevails

  • System - a set of components (e.g. things) working together

STANDARDS

HS-PS3-2 / HS-LS1-7 / HS-LS2-4 / HS-PS1-7 / HS-ESS2-6 / HS-ESS1-2