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Energy Transfers
Term | Definition |
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Law of Conservation of Energy | States that energy can be transferred or transformed to one another, but can't be created nor can it be destroyed. |
Energy transfer | When energy moves from one object to another without changing form. |
Work | The transfer of energy that occurs when a force makes an object move in direction of the force. |
Energy transformation | When one form of energy is converted into another form of energy. |
Open system | A system that exchanges matter or energy with the environment. |
Closed system | A system that doesn't exchange matter or energy with the environment. |
Renewable Energy Resource | An energy resource that is replaced as fast, if not, faster than its used. |
Nonrenewable Energy Resources | An energy resource that is available only in limited amounts and is used faster than it reproduces. |