Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
100
ability to do work or cause change
What is energy
100
kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object
What is mechanical energy
100
a form of energy that travels through space as waves
What is electromagnetic energy
100
a rapid reaction that happens between oxegen and fuel that results in fire
What is combustion
100
the temperature at which no more energy can be removed to matter
What is absolute zero
200
energy that an object has due to its motion
What is kinetic energy
200
the total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object
What is thermal energy
200
the process of changing one form of energy into another
What is energy transformation
200
a measure of the average energy of motion of the particlesof a substance
What is temperature
200
thermal energy that is transferred from matter at a higher temperature to matter at a lower temperature
What is heat
300
stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object
What is potential energy
300
the energy of moving electrical charges
What is electrical energy
300
the rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed
What is law of conservation of energy
300
the temperature scale on which water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees
What is farenheit scale
300
the amount of heat required to raise the temp of 1 kilogram of a material to 1 kelvin
What is specific heat
400
potential energy that depends on the height of an object
What is gravitational potential energy
400
a form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms
What is chemical energy
400
anything that has matter and occupies space
What is matter
400
the temperature scale at which water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
What is celsius scale
400
the transfer of one heat particle of matter to another
What is conduction
500
the energy of streched or compressed objects
What is elastic potential energy
500
the potential energy stored in the nucleous of an atom
What is nuclear energy
500
a material that forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals
What is fossil fuel
500
the temperature scale on which zero is the temperature at which no more energy can be removed from matter
What is kelvin scale
500
the transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid
What is convection