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Energy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the energy of a compound that changes as its atoms are rearranged to form a new compound | chemical energy |
| the ability to do work | energy |
| a change from one form of energy into another | energy conversion |
| a natural resource that can be converted by humans into other forms of energy in order to do useful work | energy resource |
| nonrenewable energy resources that form in the Earth's crust over millions of years from the buried remains of once-living organisms | fossil fuels |
| energy resulting from the heating of the Earth's crust | geothermal energy |
| energy due to an object's position above the Earth's surface | gravitational potential energy |
| a machine that uses heat to do work | heat engine |
| a substance that reduces the transfer of thermal energy | insulation |
| a substance that does not conduct thermal energy well | insulator |
| the energy of motion | kinetic energy |
| the law that states that energy is neither created nor destroyed | law of conservation of energy |
| the energy produced by the vibrations of electrically charged particles | light energy |
| the total energy of motion and position of an object | mechanical energy |
| a natural resource that cannot be replaced or that can be replaced only over thousands or millions of years | nonrenewable resource |
| the form of energy associated with changes in the nucleus of an atom | nuclear energy |
| the energy of position or shape | potential energy |
| a natural resource that can be used and replaced over a relatively short time | renewable resource |
| the energy caused by an object's vibrations | sound energy |
| the total energy of the particles that make up an object | thermal energy |