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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
A [[car]] is something with 4 [[wheel]]s and an [[engine]] that people can drive from one place to another.
===About Cars===
: [[Car]]s can move faster than [[human]]s can run.
: A [[car]] has a [[Speedometer]] which [[measure]]s the [[speed]] of the [[car]].
==Key Stage 3==
===Meaning===
A [[car]] is a 4 [[wheel]]ed [[vehicle]] used to transport people between two locations.
===About Cars===
: [[Car]]s get their [[energy]] from the [[combustion]] of a [[fuel]] or from a [[battery]]. Both of which are [[Energy Store|stores]] of [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy]].
===Energy Transfers===
====Accelerating====
: When a '''car''' [[accelerate]]s [[energy]] is [[Energy Transfer|transferred]] usefully from the [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] of the [[fuel]]/[[battery]] to the [[Kinetic Energy Store|kinetic energy store]] of the car. However, [[energy]] is [[Wasted Energy|wasted]] when it is [[Energy Transfer|transferred]] from the [[Chemical Potential Energy Store|chemical potential energy store]] of the [[fuel]] to the [[Thermal Energy Store|thermal energy store]] of the [[engine]].
====Decelerating====