Chapter 3 Vocabulary
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| energy | The ability to cause changes in matter; the ability to do work.
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| law of conservation of energy | A law that states that the total amount of energy in a system is always the same, and that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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| kinetic energy | The energy of motion.
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| potential energy | The energy that exists due to the position or condition of an object.
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| thermal energy | The kinetic energy of moving particles of a substance or object.
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| heat | The transfer of thermal energy.
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| conduction | The transfer of thermal energy that results from the collision of particles.
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| convection` | The transfer of thermal energy through liquids and gases.
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| radiation | The transfer of thermal energy as waves.
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| magnet | An object which has all the domains pointing in the same direction and magnetic fields that work together.
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| electricity | The interaction of electric charges - usually classified as static electricity or current electricity.
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| electric energy | The movement of electrons from one place to another; current electricity.
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| circuit | The connection needed for current to travel between the poles of two electric energy sources.
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| electromagnet | A device made when electric current travels through a wire coiled around a piece of iron.
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| chemical energy | A form of potential energy stored in reactants.
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| nuclear energy | The energy that holds protons and neutrons together in an atom's nucleus.
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| fission | The reaction that releases nuclear energy when a nucleus breaks into two parts.
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