Chapter 15 Flashcards
What ability to cause and change in matter?
Energy
What is energy of motion is called?
Kinetic energy
What is the energy an object has because of its condition or position?
Potential energy
The movement of energy from one place to another.
Energy transfer
What is the energy that comes from the sun called?
Solar Energy
What is the radiation we see called? (heat is radiation we feel.)
Light
What is the energy that stored in fuel?
Chemical energy
What is the combination of all the potential and kinetic energy that something has?
Mechanical energy
What energy that comes from electric current?
Electric energy
The transfer of thermal energy between objects with different temperatures.
Heat
Is a set of parts acting together as a whole object.
System
The transfer of thermal energy from one object directly into another.
Conduction
The transfer of thermal energy through the movement of a gas or a liquid.
Convection
Is the transfer of energy by waves that move through matter and space.
Radiation
Its occurs when heat or light bounces off an object.
Reflection