Chapter 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Capacity to do work
A
energy
2
Q
“motion energy”
A
kinetic energy
3
Q
energy due because of its shape or position
A
potential energy
4
Q
amount of work an object can do because of object’s kinetic and potential energy
A
mechanical energy
5
Q
change from one type of energy to another
A
energy conversion
6
Q
force that opposes motion
A
friciton
7
Q
law that states energy cannot be created nor destroyed
A
law of conservation of energy
8
Q
resource that cannot be renewed
A
nonrenewable resource
9
Q
non renewable resource that is formed from organisms that lived long ago.
A
fossil fuel
10
Q
resource that can be renewed
A
renewable resource
