Chapter 4 Book 2

Question 1

the capacity to do work

Answer 1

energy

Question 2

the energy of an object that is due to the object’s motion

Answer 2

kinetic energy

Question 3

the energy that an object has because of the position, shape, or condition of the object

Answer 3

potential energy

Question 4

the amount of work an object can do because of the object’s kinetic and potential energies

Answer 4

mechanical energy

Question 5

a change from one form of energy to another

Answer 5

energy conversion

Question 6

a force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact

Answer 6

friction

Question 7

the law that states that energy can be neither created no distroyed

Answer 7

law of conservation of energy

Question 8

a resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which it is consumed

Answer 8

nonrenewable resource

Question 9

a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains or organisms that lived long ago

Answer 9

fossil fuels

Question 10

a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

Answer 10

renewable resource