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Chapter 17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | the ability to do work or cause a change. |
| Kinetic energy | The energy that an object has due to its motion. |
| Potential energy | Energy that an object that's are high up tend to go downward. |
| Combustion | the process in which a fuel burns because it combines rapidly with oxygen. |
| Energy efficiency | an expression of how much of the energy put into the system actually does useful work. |
| Renewable energy | are always available somewhere on Earths surface, or they are replaced in a relatively short time. |
| Nonrenewable energy | cannot be replaced, Nonrenewable resources include, fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas. |
| Electricity | is energy made available by flow of an electric charge. |
| Strip mining | the extraction of a mineral deposit. |