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Energy Flash Cards
Flash Cards For Energy Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Renewable Resources | Objects that are replenish able resources |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Objects that are not replenish able resources. |
| fossil fuels | non renewable resources that are used as fuel. |
| Newton | measures amount of force (g), is used. |
| Wave | a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place. |
| Force | measurement of work |
| Newton Meters | Measuring of amount of newtons per meter. |
| Crest | highest point of a wave |
| Trough | lowest point of a wave |
| Medium | what a wave travels through |
| Electromagnetic waves | a wave with no medium |
| Mechanical waves | a wave with a medium |
| Work calculations (formula) | force x distance |
| Friction | property that causes objects to resist moving against each other. |
| Four factors | roughness, size, hardness, weight/pressure |
| Nuclear Energy | energy that comes from changes in the nucleus of the atom. |
| Light Energy | produced by the vibrations of electrically charged particles |
| Chemical Energy | energy of compound that changes as atoms are changed |
| mechanical energy | energy in position and motion |
| sound energy | energy caused by object vibrations |
| electrical energy | energy of moving electrons |
| thermal energy | the total charge of particles |
| potential energy | object gets energy from its position |
| kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| Wavelength | the distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave |
| rarefactions | in longitudinal waves in a spring, the parts where the coils are spread out are called rarefactions |
| amplitude | the maximum distance of the particles of a medium |