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Forms of Energy
Question/Term | Answer/Definition |
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Energy | The ability to cause change |
Kinetic | Energy of motion |
Potential | Stored energy |
Chemical Potential | Energy stored in the bonds of the atoms |
Elastic potential | Energy available for use when an elastic body returns to its original shape |
Electrical | Energy associated with charged particles because of their positions |
heat | energy transferred from a higher temp to a lower temp. |
law of conversation of energy | states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, just moves from one form to another |
light | a form of energy you can see |
mechanical | kinetic energy plus potential energy |
sound | energy made by vibrations through solid, water, or air |
A cell phone has what type of energy | electrical, light, sound |
batteries are a form of what type of energy | electrical |
a compressed spring is an example of | elastic potential |
a boulder on top of a mountain has what type of energy | gravitational potential |
This type of energy keeps you alive | chemical potential energy |
Everything has chemical potential energy, because everything has | atomos |
This releases the chemical potential energy | bonds breaking |