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Week 16 Vocabulary -
energy force sentence
Question | Answer |
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1.)Law of Conservation of Energy | The law of conservation of energy, a fundamental concept of physics, states that the total amount of energy remains constant in an isolated system. |
2.)Mechanical Energy | In the physical sciences, mechanical energy is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy. |
3.)Kinetic Energy | n physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the energy that it possesses due to its motion |
4.)Potential Energy | In physics, potential energy is the energy that an object has due to its position in a force field or that a system has due to the configuration of its shield. |
5.)Energy Transfer | The conversion of one form of energy into another, or the movement of energy from one place to another. |
6.)energy | Energy is defined as the capacity for activity or the exertion of power. |
7.)Joule | A unit of energy equal to the work done when a force of one newton acts through a distance of one meter. |
8.)Convection | the mass movement of portions of a fluid within the fluid, caused by differences in density |
9.)Conduction | something such as heat or electricity through a medium or passage. |
10.)Radiation | Radiation is the process of sending off energy in the form of light, heat, x-rays or nuclear particles. |