science vocab
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| energy | The ability to cause change.
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| kinetic energy | The energy of an object that is due to the object's motion.
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| potential energy | The energy that an object has because of the position, condition, or chemical composition of the object
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| mechanical energy | The sum of an object's kinetic and potential energy due to gravity or elastic deformation; does not include chemical energy or nuclear energy
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| energy transformation | the process of energy changing from one form to into another.
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| law of energy conservation | the law that states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another.
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| kinetic theory of matter | a theory that states that all of the particles that make up matter are constantly in motion.
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| temperature | a measure of hot or cold something is; specifically, a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in an object.
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| thermal energy | the kinetic energy of a substance's atoms.
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| degree | The units of a temperature scale.
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| thermometer | an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature.
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| position | The location of an object.
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| reference point | a location to which another location is compared.
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| motion | an object's change in position relative to a reference point.
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| speed | The distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred.
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| vector | a quantity that has both size and direction.
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| velocity | the speed of an object in a particular direction.
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