Key Ideas:
*Energy exists in many forms: heat, electric, sound, chemical, mechanical, light.
*Temperature can affect the state of matter of a substance.
*Changes in the properties of materials/objects can be observed and described.
*Some materials transfer energy better than others.
*Energy can be transferred from one place to another.
*Heat can be released in many ways. For example, by burning, friction, or combining one substance with another.
*Interactions with forms of energy can be either helpful or harmful.
*Everyday events involve one form of energy being changed to another.
Vocabulary:
appliance
conduction
conductor
electricity
energy
forces
freezing
friction
gas
heat
insulator
light
liquid
observation
melting
motion
property
sound
temperature
water cycle