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5-energy
vocabulary for chapter 5 physics I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy | ability to cause change |
| heat | type of energy that moves from anything having a higher temperature to anything having a lower temperature |
| kinetic energy | energy that causes change in the form of motion |
| law of conservation of energy | a law stating that energy can change from, bu it cannot be created or destroyed under ordinary conditions |
| magma | hot metled rock orignating beneath Earth's surface,; it is a potential source of energy for heating and generating electricity |
| mechanical energy | the total kinetic energy and potential energy in a system |
| potential energy | energy that is not causing change right now but is stored for potential use |
| specific heat | the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of a material 1 degree celsius |
| temperature | a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in matter; expressed in degrees kelvin or Celsius |
| thermal energy | the total energy of particles in a material, including both kinetic and potential energy |
| work | the transfer of energyy through motion; W=Fxd |
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