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Finley Science
Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Law of conservation | the law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another |
| Energy | the capacity to do work |
| Work | The transfer of energy to an object by using a force that causes the object to move in the direction f the force |
| Kinetic Energy | The energy of an object that is due to the objects motion |
| Potential Energy | the energy that an object has because of the position,shape,or condition of the object |
| Mechanical Energy | the amount of work an object can do because of the objects kinetic and potential energies |
| Thermal Energey | The kinetic energy of a subtance's atoms |
| heat | The energy transferred between objects that are at different temperatures |
| Chemical energy | The energy that is stored in chemicals bonds |
| electrical energy | the energy that results from the flow of moving charges |
| Electromagnetic energy | Energy resulting from the motion of the charged particles within atoms |
| sound energy | energy given off by a vibrating object |
| nuclear energy | the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom as a result of strong nuclear forces |
| nuclear fission | the splitting of the nucleus of a large atom to two or more fragments;releases additional neutrons end energy |
| Nuclear fusion | The combination if the nuclei of small atoms to form a larger nucleus;releases energy |
| temperature | a measure of how hot or cold something is;specifically,a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles of an object |
| conductions | the transfer of heat by direct contact of particles |
| convection | the transfer of thermal energy by the circulation of movement of a liquid or a gas |
| radiation | the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves |