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Flash Cards For Energy Test

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Definition
Renewable Resources   Objects that are replenish able resources  
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Nonrenewable Resources   Objects that are not replenish able resources.  
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fossil fuels   non renewable resources that are used as fuel.  
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Newton   measures amount of force (g), is used.  
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Wave   a disturbance that transfers energy from place to place.  
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Force   measurement of work  
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Newton Meters   Measuring of amount of newtons per meter.  
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Crest   highest point of a wave  
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Trough   lowest point of a wave  
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Medium   what a wave travels through  
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Electromagnetic waves   a wave with no medium  
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Mechanical waves   a wave with a medium  
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Work calculations (formula)   force x distance  
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Friction   property that causes objects to resist moving against each other.  
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Four factors   roughness, size, hardness, weight/pressure  
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Nuclear Energy   energy that comes from changes in the nucleus of the atom.  
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Light Energy   produced by the vibrations of electrically charged particles  
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Chemical Energy   energy of compound that changes as atoms are changed  
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mechanical energy   energy in position and motion  
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sound energy   energy caused by object vibrations  
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electrical energy   energy of moving electrons  
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thermal energy   the total charge of particles  
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potential energy   object gets energy from its position  
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kinetic energy   energy of motion  
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Wavelength   the distance between 2 corresponding parts of a wave  
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rarefactions   in longitudinal waves in a spring, the parts where the coils are spread out are called rarefactions  
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amplitude   the maximum distance of the particles of a medium  
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