Vocabulary 1
The ability to cause matter to move or change
What is energy?
At least one force that is greater than the other forces acting on the same object and that results in motion of the object.
What is unbalanced force?
The transfer of thermal energy from one substance to another through direct contact.
What is conduction?
Energy that is stored
What is potential energy?
The rate at which an object moves or changes posiition.
What is speed?
A process by which an object takes in light waves.
What is light absorption?
The energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
An act of two objects running into each other that result in an energy transfer.
What is collision?
A force that is applied to an object by person or another object.
The energy associated with the random motion of particles in matter.
What is thermal energy?
Forces of the same strength from different directions that are acting on the same object and that result in no motion of the object.
What is balanced force?
The transfer of thermal energy fro one substance to another.
What is heat?