The ability to do work or cause change.
What is energy.
The form of energy associated with the position and motion of an object.
what is mechanical energy
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What is matter?
Examples are coal, petroleum, oil, and natural gas
What are fossil fuels?
A change from one form of energy to another
What is Energy transformation?
The energy an object has due to its motion
Kinetic energy
potential energy+kinetic energy
what is the formula for finding mechanical energy
One of the most common energy transformations
What is the transformation between potential and kinetic energy?
The process of burning fuels
What is combustion?
Potential energy stored in the chemical bonds that hold chemical compounds together.
What is Chemical energy
Gravity Potential energy= x * Height
what is weight
the total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object
what is thermal energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed according to
What is the law of conservation of energy?
What is a turbine?
Any object that rises or falls experiences a change in its
What is Kinetic and gravitational potential energy?
What is potential energy
the energy of electrical charges
what is electrical energy
Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity
What is Energy can sometimes be created-by destroying matter?
Fossil fuels contain energy from _________.
What is the sun?
Fossil fuels can be burned to release the_________ stored millions of years ago
What is chemical energy?
An objects ablity to stretch
Elastic Potental Energy
the sunlight that you see each day
what is electromagnetic energy
Continuously transforms energy from kinetic to potential and back
What is Pendulum?
When ______ leaves the boiler it has enough pressure to turn a turbine.
What is steam?
Kinetic energy= x*Mass*Velocity(y)
What is 1/2 and the power of 2