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Mechanical Engineer
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     challenging words:    machinery, energy, production, power, convert, technology, engineer, design, receive, crust, source, university, math, form, occur, instead

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Mechanical Engineer
By Cindy Grigg 		  
1     Sources of energy are all around us. The sun's rays are one source of energy. Oil deposits in Earth's crust are another source of energy. There is even energy in the bonds inside atoms. Wouldn't it be nice if we could use all these sources of energy just as they occur in nature? Imagine if instead of putting gasoline in a car, all you had to do was let the sun shine on it!
 
2     Unfortunately, this is not usually the case. Most of the time, we must convert energy from one form into another form before we can use it to do work. A mechanical engineer is a person who thinks of the best ways to change energy into useful forms.

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