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Energy
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Science
6th Grade
10/23/2014

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Conduction
Definition

It transfers heat by touching an object

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Convection
Definition

It is transfered by hot air rising and cold air sinking 

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Radiation
Definition

heat is passed by electromagnetic waves

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Expansion
Definition

The action of becoming larger or more extensive

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Contraction
Definition

The action of becoming smaller or less extensive

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Heat energy
Definition

Is a form of energy witch transfers among particles in a sustance

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Thermal energy
Definition

Is the energy in a sustance or system related to it's temperture

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Electromagnetic energy
Definition

Gamma rays, X rays, ultraviolet radiation, visible light, Infeared radiation, microwaves, and radio waves


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Mechanical energy
Definition

Is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy

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Kinetic energy
Definition

Energy a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.


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Potential energy
Definition

Energy possessed by a body by virture of its position relative to others

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Fluid




Definition

A sustance that has no fixed shape and yeilds easily to external pressure

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Law of conservation of energy
Definition

it states that the total amount of energy in a system remains constant

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