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What is the ability to do work?
Energy
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What is energy from the sun?
Solar energy
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What is the most efficient color for solar collectors?
Black
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What is the total surface of an object?
Surface area
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What is the change of energy from one form to another?
Energy transfer
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What is a variable that stays the same during an experiment?
Controlled variable
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What is something that takes in or captures the sun's energy
Absorber
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What is a surface that the sun's energy bounces off?
Reflector
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What is a condition in an experiment that can be changed to affect the result?
Variable
200
What is the variable that is being measured, which changes and goes on the y-axis of a graph?
Dependent variable
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What is a material used to capture solar energy in a device?
Solar collector
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What is an example of a device where solar energy might be collected?
Water heater
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What is a material that can absorb a large amount of heat for its size and then releases the energy slowly?
Heat sink
300
What is an example of a heat sink?
Water
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What is the variable that stays the same and goes on the x-axis of a graph
Independent variable
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Define energy
The ability to do work
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Define solar energy
Energy from the sun
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Define energy transfer
The change of energy from one form to another (light into heat)
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Define surface area
The total surface of an object (length times width)
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Define variable
a condition in an experiment that can be changed to affect the result
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Define absorber
Something that captures or takes in the sun's energy
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Define reflector
A surface that the sun's energy bounces off
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Define solar collector
A material used to capture solar energy in a device
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Define heat sink
A material that absorbs a large amount of heat for its size and then releases the energy slowly
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Tell the difference between control, independent, and dependent variables
Control = stays the same. Independent = stays the same goes on y-axis. Dependent = stays the same goes on x-axis.
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