Energy Basics
It takes energy for this to occur
What is motion?
The ability to do work or cause change
What is energy?
A set of interacting parts that make a whole
What is a system?
Energy that is transferred from a warmer object to a cooler object
What is heat?
Energy that results from the position or shape of an object
What is potential energy?
A push or pull
What is force?
When an object's position changes relative to another object it is called this
What is motion?
An educated guess based on information
What is a hypothesis?
Material that conducts heat well
What is a conductor?
Energy that an object possesses because of being in motion
What is kinetic energy?
Force exerted on an object that causes it to move in the same direction as the force
What is work?
The rate at which work is done
What is power?
A collection of information gathered by observation or measurement
What is data?
The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object
What is thermal energy?
Energy related to an object being stretched or compressed
What is elastic potential energy?
Power is the rate at which this is transferred
What is energy?
This says when one object loses energy, other objects must gain it.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Constructions that explain patterns and predict outcomes
What is a model?
Materials that do not conduct heat well
What is an insulator?
Energy related to an object's vertical position
What is gravitational potential energy?