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Chapter 15 Vocabular
Term | Definition |
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Energy | The ability to do work |
Kinetic Energy | The energy of Motion |
Potential Energy | Energy that is stored as a result of position or shape |
Gravitational Potential Energy | Potential energy that depends upon an object's height |
Elastic Potential Energy | The potential energy of an object that is stretched or compressed |
Mechanical Energy | The energy associated with the motion and position of everyday objects |
Thermal Energy | The total potential and kinetic energy of all the microscopic particles in an object make up |
Chemical Energy | The energy stored in chemical bonds |
Electrical Energy | The energy associated with electric charges |
Electromagnetic energy | A form of energy that travels through space in the form of light |
Nuclear Energy | The energy stored in atomic nuclei |
Energy Conversion | The process of changing energy from form to another |
Nonrenewable energy forces | exist in limited quantities, once used, cannot be replaced except over the course of millions of years |
Fossil Fuels | substances that were formed underground from the remains of once-living organisms |
Renewable energy sources | resources that can be replaced in a relatively short period of time |
Hydroelectric Energy | energy obtained from flowing water |
Solar Energy | Sunlight that is converted into usable energy |
Geothermal Energy | thermal energy beneath the Earth's surface |
Biomass Energy | The chemical energy stored in living things |
Hydrogen fuel cell | generates electricity by reacting hydrogen with oxygen |
Energy Consrevation | Finding ways to use less energy more efficientely |