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Energy
For Mrs.Murphey's Vocab Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy | Ability to cause change;can change the speed, direction, shape, or temperature of an object. |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy an object has due to its motion. |
| Potential Enegy | Energy that is stored due to position |
| Law of conservation of energy | States that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can only be transformed from one form into another. |
| Temperature | Measure of the kinetic energy of the atoms of an object |
| Heat | Transfer of energy from one object to another due to a difference in temperature;flows from warmer objects to cooler objects |
| Conduction | Transfer of energy by collisions between the atoms in a material |
| Convection | Transfer of heat that occurs when particles move between objects or areas of different temperature |
| Radiation | Energy that is transferred by waves. |