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The ability to do work /cause change
EX: When a ball rolls down a hill it is changing and the person pushing the ball is doing work |
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Energy that an object has due to its motion
EX: a roller coaster rolling down a hill |
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Stored energy that results from the position shape of an object
EX: A bucket of water sitting on the floor |
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Gravitational Potential Energy
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Potential energy that depends on the height of an object
EX:A ball at a 10ft hill has more potential energy then a ball at a 5ft hill |
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Elastic Potential Energy
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The energy of streched or compressed object
EX: There is more Elastic energy when a ruber band is streched out then normal |
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Machanical Energy
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Kinetic or potential energy associated with with the motion or postion of and object
EX: Push a door open for my pet dog to walk in work is done on the door |
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The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in and object
EX: Heat is causing the water to boil |
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The energy of eletric charges
EX: Electrical energy travels through power lines and then helps make lots of different machines work
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The potential energy stored in chemical bonds
EX: there are chemical bonds are stored in a battery
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Energy Transformation
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The process of changing one form of energy to another
EX: Light shines on plants going from light energy to chemical energy
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Law of Conservation of Energy
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The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed
EX: Energy is already in a ball you can add more or take any away |
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A material such as coal forms over millions of years from the remains of acient plants and animals;burned to realese chemical energy
EX: We get oil from the ground that has been ther for a while and turn it in to and everyday use |
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The process of burning a fuel to produce thermal energy
EX: Burning fossil fuels |
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The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another
EX: Putting a pan on a hot burner is making the pan heat up as well |
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A material that conducts heat as well
EX: A pan of normal water on a burner of heat is heating up the cold and making it hot |
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The transfer of energy to electromagnectic
EX: The microwave energy is changed to heat as it is absorbed by food, and does not make food radioactive or contaminated |
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A material that conducts heat as well
EX: The plug is the main conductor for the electricity for a light |
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A material that does not conduct heat well
EX: a roll of yarn is not gonna conduct its own heat |
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Renewable Resource
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Any source such as wood or solar energy that you can use again
EX: When you recycle you can use it again in another way |
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Nonrenewable Reource
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A resource that doesnt renew itself
EX:When you burn coal you cant use it again because its ash |
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Total mass of organisms in a givin area or volume
EX:Wood was once our main fuel. We burned it to heat our homes and cook our food. |
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Geothermal Energy
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Thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth
EX: When its winter the water is colder and you use your heater to heat the cold and make it warm |
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