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Pearson Ch. 7
Changing Forms of Energy
Question | Answer |
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ability to do work or cause change | energy |
energy due to motion | kinetic energy |
energy that is not causing any changes now but could cause changes in the future | potential energy |
the back-and-forth motion of an object | vibration |
describes materials that let nearly all light pass through them | transparent |
describes materials that let some light pass through, but not all | translucent |
describes materials that do not let any light pass through them | opaque |
light bouncing off an object | reflection |
bending of light | refraction |