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CH 7 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Energy | the ability to cause change |
Kinetic Energy | energy due to motion |
Potential Energy | stored energy due to interactions between objects or particles |
Mechanical Energy | the sum of potential and kinetic energy in a system of objects |
Law of Conservation of Energy | energy can be transformed from one form into another or transferred from one region to another, but energy cannot be created or destroyed |
Friction | a force that resists the sliding of two surfaces that are touching |
Sound Energy | the energy that sound carries |
Thermal Energy | the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles that make up an object |
Electric Energy | the energy an electric current carries |
Radiant Energy | the energy that electromagnetic waves carry |
Nuclear Energy | energy that is stored and released in the nucleus of an atom |
Work | transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move in the direction of the force while the force is acting on the object. |