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Bisscience Energy
Question | Answer |
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Energy | The ability to cause changes in matter or to do work. |
Kinetic Energy | Energy of motion, or energy in use. |
Potential Energy | The energy an object has due to is place or condition. |
Transformation of energy | Energy’s ability to change from one form to another. |
Law of Conservation of Energy | Energy can change form, but total amount of energy does not change. Energy is neither created nor destroyed. |
Mechanical energy | Energy of moving objects. |
Electrical energy | Energy of moving electrons. |
Thermal energy | The energy of moving molecules. |
Elastic potential energy | The energy of stretched or compressed objects. |
Gravitational potential energy | Energy that depends on the height of an object. |
Chemical potential energy | Energy that is can be released from chemical bonds. |
Velocity | Speed and the direction of an object. |
Mass | The amount of matter in an object. |