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Energy
Question | Answer |
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ability to do work | Energy |
Energy of motion | Kinetic Energy |
Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object | Potential Energy |
Potential energy related to an object's height | Gravitational potential energy |
Potential energy associated with objects that can be stretched or compressed | Elastic potential energy |
Form of energy associated with the position and motion of an object | Mechanical energy |
total potential and kinetic energy; heat | Thermal energy |
energy of electric charges; lightning, static electricity | Electrical energy |
potential energy stored in chemical bonds of any substance including food and cells | Chemical energy |
type of potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom | Nuclear energy |
energy that travels in waves such as light and other forms of radiation | Electromagnetic energy |
a change from one form of energy to another | Energy transformation |
Energy cannot be created or destroyed instead it is transformed or transferred into another energy form | Law of conservation of energy |
anything that has mass and takes up space | Matter |
a material such as coal, petroleum, or natural gas, that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals; burned to release chemical energy | Fossil Fuels |
process of burning fossil fuels to produce thermal energy | process of burning fossil fuels to produce thermal energy |