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The capacity to do work 
What is energy?
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The sun, nuclear reactors, power plants 
What is nuclear energy? or What are examples of nuclear energy? 
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Energy that is released or consumed during a chemical reaction 
What is chemical energy? 
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A toaster is an example of this type of energy transformation 
What is electrical energy into thermal energy? 
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This type of energy states that: the higher the temperature, the faster the particles move and the lower temperature, the slower the particles move
What is thermal energy? 
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Energy possessed based on its position or motion
What is mechanical energy? 
200
A bowling ball, a hammer and nail, a volleyball in motion, a bow and arrow pulled back 
What is mechanical energy? or What are examples of mechanical energy? 
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The transfer of energy, typically heat or an electric charge, through a substance
What is conduction? 
200
Our bodies use this energy transformation in making food into energy to move 
What is chemical energy into mechanical energy? 
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The transformation of energy through waves or quick moving particles 
What is radiation? 
300
Energy possessed based on its position relative to another object's position 
What is potential energy? 
300
Gas being burned for a grill, cold packs for injuries, coal used to burn 
What is chemical energy? or What are examples of chemical energy? 
300
In the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy is said to not be 
What is created or destroyed? 
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Using a hair dryer is common example of this energy transformation 
What is electrical energy into mechanical energy ? or What electrical energy into thermal energy? 
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Energy that is stored based on its position in the force 
What is gravitational potential energy?
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States that energy can not be created nor destroyed 
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy? 
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Mechanical energy, chemical energy, nuclear energy, potential energy, electromagnetic energy
What are examples or types of energy? 
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The process in which dense materials sink and less dense materials rise 
What is convection? 
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A car engine burning fuel is an example of this energy transformation
What is chemical energy into kinetic energy? 
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William Rankine first introduced this type of energy and found that this type of energy is forced to interact with physical objects 


What is potential energy? 
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The processes by which energy is released as particles  
What is radiation? 
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X-rays, microwaves, radio waves, infrared radiation 
What is electromagnetic energy? or What are examples of electromagnetic energy?
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J. Willard Gibbs was said to first introduce this type of energy 
What is chemical energy? 
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Hydroelectric plants use this energy transformation when water is falling from a height
What is gravitational potential energy into electrical energy? 
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This energy is performed to deform its volume and shape 
What is elastic potential energy?