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PhysicalScience9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work |
| Kinetic Energy | The energy of motion; depends on speed and mass |
| Potential Energy | The energy an object has because of its position or shape |
| Mechanical Energy | Total energy of motion and postion of an object |
| Energy Conversion | A change from one form of energy into another |
| Friction | A forces that opposes motion between two surfaces that are touching |
| Laws of Conservation of Energy | The law that states that energy is neither created nor destroyed |
| Energy resource | A natural resource that can be converted by humans into other forms of energy in order to so usefulw ork |
| Nonrenewable resources | Cannot be replace after they are used or can be replaced only over thousands or millions of years |
| Fossil Fuels | Energy resources that formed from the buried remains of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago |
| Renewable Resources | Can be used and replaced in nature over a relatively short period of time |