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Energy
Energy Vocab
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Science
8th Grade
12/01/2014

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Energy

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To do work or cause change.
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Energy that an object has due to it's motion.
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Stored energy that results from the positionor shape of an object.
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poteutial energy that depends on the height of an object.
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The energy of stretched or compressed object.
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Mechanical energy

 

 

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Kinetic or poteatioal energy associated with the motion or position of an object.
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Thermal energy

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The total potential and Kinetic energy of the particales in an object.
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Eletrical energy

 

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The energy of eletric charges.
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Chemical Energy
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The potential energy stored in chemical bonds.
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Energy transformation[image]
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The process of changing one form of energy to another.
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Law Of Conservation Of Energy [image]
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The rule that energy can't be created or destroyed.
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Fossil Fule

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A material such as coal that forms over a millions of years from the remains of an acient plants and animals, burend to released chemical energy.
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Combustion

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The process of burning a fuel to produce thermal energy.
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Conduction

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The transfer or heat by the movment of currents within a fluid.
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Radiation

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The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves.
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Conductor

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A material that conduct heats well.
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Insulator

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a material that dose not conduct heat well.
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Renewale resource

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a natural resource that replaces itself unless overused, like animal or plant life or fresh water.
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