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7th - Topic 1
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The ability to do work or cause change. | Energy |
| The state in which one object's distance from another is changing. | Motion |
| A push or pull exerted on an object. | Force |
| Force exerted on an object that causes it to move. | Work |
| The rate at which one form of energy is transformed into another. | Power |
| The greatest quantity or value attainable or attained. | Maximum |
| Energy that an object has due its motion. | Kinetic Energy |
| The energy an object has because of its position; also the internal stored energy of an object, such as energy stored in chemical bonds. | Potential Energy |
| Potential energy that depends on the height of an object. | Gravitational Potential Energy |
| The energy of stretch or compressed object. | Elastic Potential Energy |
| A beneficial quality or power of a thing. | Virture |
| Kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object. | Mechanical Energy |
| The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. | Nuclear Energy |
| The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object. | Thermal Energy |
| A form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms. | Chemical Energy |
| The energy of electric charges. | Electrical Energy |
| The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves. | Electromagnetic Radiation |
| A mean of effecting or conveying something | Medium |
| The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed. | Law of Conservation of Energy |
| A usually marked change; act of turning. | Pivot |