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Energy adn Energy rescources
Energy and Energy rescources
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Science
6th Grade
12/19/2010

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What is energy?
Definition
Energy is the ability to cause change.
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What are the two factors of Kinetic Energy?
Definition
Mass and Speed.
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What are the factors of Potential Energy?
Definition
Mass and Height.
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What does light carry?
Definition
Radiant energy.
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What does electric current carry?
Definition
Electrical Energy.
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What does and atomic nuclei contain?
Definition
Nuclear Energy.
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Law of Conservation of Energy
Definition
Energy is never created or destroyed, it just changes form.
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What is a nonrenewable rescource?
Definition
A rescource used up much faster than it can be replaced.
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What is a renewable rescource?
Definition
A rescource replenished continously.
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What is an inexhaustible resource?
Definition
An energy resource that can not be used up by humans.
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What is a photovoltaic?
Definition
It makes solar energy in to electrical energy.
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Thermal Energy
Definition
Energy increases as tempurature increases.
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Chemical Energy
Definition
Energy stored in chemical bonds.
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Radiant energy
Definition
The energy carried by light.
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Electrical Energy
Definition
Energy carried by an electric current.
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Nuclear Energy
Definition
The energy found inside a nuclei.
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Generator
Definition
A device that transforms Kinetic in to Electrical.
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Turbine
Definition
A set of narrowly spaced fan blades.
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Alternative Resource
Definition
Safer and cause less harm to the enviornment.
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