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Henry "Fritz" Schaefer |
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| "The significance and joy in my science comes in those occasional moments of discovering somethign new and saying to myself, "So that's how God did it." My goal is to understand a little corner of God's plan." |
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Work
(to a scientist... hopscotch counts as work) |
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occures whenever a force moves an object to a new location
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| The type of energy used to do "work" (move objects) |
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the energy that ames atoms and molecules move and jiggle.
"heat" |
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| the energy that is released when atoms and molecules react with each other |
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| energy that is not being used but could be |
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| energy that is being used |
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| the transfer of thermal energy through atoms and molecules bumping into each other |
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| materials that don't "pass on" thermal energy very well |
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| Materials that are particularly good at conducting thermal energy |
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| The transfer of thermal energy by means of circulating liquids and gases |
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a way of transferring heat and light through electromagnectic waves
electromagnetic waves ie: rays of sunshine, x-rays, radio waves and microwaves |
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| the invisible waves of energy that are radiated by an object such as a hot cloths iron |
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