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chapter 9 and 10
CHAPTER NINE AND TEN!!
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8th Grade
03/15/2011
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energy
 Definition
the ability to do work
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kinetic energy
 Definition
the energy of motion;kinetic energy depends on speed and mass
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potential energy
 Definition
the energy of position or shape
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mechanical energy
 Definition
the total energy of motion and position of an object
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thermal(heat)energy
 Definition
the total energy of the particles that make up an object
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chemical energy
 Definition
the energy of a compound that changes as its atoms are rearranged ti form a new compound
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electrical energy
 Definition
the energy of electric charges
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sound enerygy
 Definition
the energy caused by an objects vibrations
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light energy
 Definition
the energy produced by the vibrations of electrically charged particles
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nuclear energy
 Definition
the form of energy associated with changes in the nucleus of an atom
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energy conversion
 Definition
a change from one form of energy into another
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friction
 Definition
a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching
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law of conservation of energy
 Definition
the law that states that energy is neither created nor destroyed
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energy resource
 Definition
a natural resource that can be converted by humans into other forms of energy in order to do useful work
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nonrenewable resource
 Definition
a natural resource that cannot be replaced or that can be replaced only over thousands or millions of years
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fossil fuels
 Definition
nonrenewable energy resources that form in the earths crust over millions of years from the buried remains of once-living organisms
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renewable resource
 Definition
a natural recourse that can be used and replaced over relatively short time
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insulation
 Definition
a substance that reduces the transfer of thermal energy
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conduction
 Definition
a method of charging: the transfer of thermal energy
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convection
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the transfer of thermal energy by the by the movement of a liquid or gas
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radiation
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the transfer of of energy through matter or spaced as electromagnetic waves,such as visible light and infrared waves
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temperature
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a measure of how hot or cold something is
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thermal expression
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is not in the book .....:(
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absolute zero
 Definition
the lowest possible temperature
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heat
 Definition
the transfer of energy between objects that are at diferent temperatures
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