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Ch 12 Science
Energy and Energy Resources
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy | The capacity to do work |
| Mechanical Energy | The total energy of motion and position of an an object. |
| Fossil fuel | a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago |
| Kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| Friction | a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching |
| Energy Conversion | A change from one form of energy to another |
| Renewable resources | natually replaced more quickly than they are used. |
| Potential Energy | the energy an object has because of its position ----the energy that an object has b/c of the position, shape, or condition of the object |
| Nonrenewable resource | a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed |