Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ENERGY
NATURAL SCIENCE UNIT 4 GLOSSARY
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chemical energy | Energy liberated by a chemical reaction or absorbed in the formation of a chemical compound. |
| Electrical energy | Energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor |
| Kinetic energy | The energy of motion |
| Potential energy | Energy stored in an object. |
| Thermal energy | Thermal energy is the energy that is generated and measured by heat. |
| Mechanical energy | The sum of kinetic and potential energy |
| Source | Origin |
| Producer | An object that makes or supplies something for another |
| Biomass | Plant or animal waste that's used as fuel |
| Core | The centre of the Earth |
| Geothermal energy | Energy from the heat in the interior of the earth |
| Harmful | causing or capable of causing damage. |
| Hydropower | Power produced by water. |
| Renewable resource | any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time |
| Non- renewable resource | Source that cannot used again such as gas, petrol and coal. |
| Turbine | An engine that causes a bladed rotor to move. |
| Coal | Fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matte |
| Acid rain | Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions |
| Natural gas | A fossil fuel in the gaseous state |
| Nuclear power | nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use) |
Created by:
jmartinpintado
Popular Physical Science sets