Energy notes pg. 7-8
The capacity to move, do work, change matter, or produce heat.
What is energy?
The energy that transfers from one object to another because of a temperature difference.
What is heat?
The energy it takes to have a chemical reaction occur.
What is activation energy?
The energy stored within a system.
What is potential energy?
The rate of energy flow.
What is power?
Heat is released to the surroundings.
What is exothermic energy?
The energy of an objects motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The rate that heat moves from one object to another.
What is heat flow?
Heat is absorbed from surroundings.
What is endothermic reaction?
The energy stored in chemical bonds.
What is chemical potential energy?
The study of energy changes that happen during chemical reactions and changes of state.
What is thermochemistry?
The amount of energy humans use(in terawatts)
What is more than 20 terawatts?
The total kinetic energy possessed by all individual vibrating particles.
What is thermal energy?
Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Oxygen reacts with fuel to create carbon dioxide, water, and energy.
What is combustion?