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The ability to do work or cause change
Example:A ball rolling down a hill causes energy. |
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Energy that an object has do to its motion
Example:A boy going down a slide |
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Stored enrgy that results from the postion or shape on the height of an object
Example:An elephant standing on a stump |
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GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY
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Potential energy that depends on the height of an object
Example:A long stick in the ground |
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ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY
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The energy of stretched or compressed objects
Example:A string on a bow n arrow |
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MECHANICAL ENERGY
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KInetic or potential energy associated with the motion or postion of an object
Example:A wrecking ball hitting a building |
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The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object
Example:The sun |
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ELECTRICAL ENERGY
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The energy of electric charges
Example:An outlet |
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The potential energy stored in chemical bonds
Example:Using batteries to charge objects |
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ENERGY TRANSFORMATION
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The process of changing one form of energy to another
Example:Potential energy to Kinetic energy |
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LAW OF CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
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The rule that energy can't be created or destroyed
Example:Water being melted |
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A material such as coal that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals
Example: pumping for oil |
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The process of burning a fuel to produce thermal energy
Example:hydrocarbon and oxygen make carbon dioxide and water |
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The transder of heat from one particle of matter to another
Example:moving a candle from one side to another |
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The transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid
Example:movement in water |
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The potential energy stored in a the nucles of an atom
Example:Power plant |
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ELECTRO MAGNETIC ENERGY
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The energy of light and other forms of radiational
Example:light bulb |
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The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Example:covering large areas of the phone with your hand |
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A material that conducts heat well
Example:Used to make heat |
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A material or an object that does not easily allow heat, electricity, light, or sound to pass through it
Example:The insulator was hard to get the electricity through it. |
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