Conservation of Energy

Question 1

Who began the theory of the conservation of Energy

Answer 1

Sir Benjamin Thompson also was known as Count Rutheford

Question 2

What theory began to solidify in the 19th century

Answer 2

The mechanical equivalent of heat

Question 3

What is the mechanical equivalent of heat

Answer 3

Kinetic energy and other types of energy

Question 4

What is heat

Answer 4

ENergy in transit

Question 5

What was heat originally thought of being

Answer 5

A weightless gas called caloric that passed from warmer substances to cooler ones

Question 6

What is the law of conservation of energy

Answer 6

Energy can neither be created or destroyed, only changed in form

Question 7

WHat causes heat

Answer 7

friction

Question 8

What did Einstien write in his paper about energy being quantized

Answer 8

That energy and mass are related, even equivalent

Question 9

What is the theory of energy and mass being equivalent referred to as

Answer 9

mass-energy equivalence

Question 10

What is the equation for converting mass to energy

Answer 10

E=mc2

Question 11

WHat is the conservation of mass-energy

Answer 11

THe law of energy conservation with no exception

Question 12

What is heat

Answer 12

energy in transit

Question 13

What is the Thermal Equilibrium

Answer 13

When heat will continuously flow from one object to another until they are the same temperature

Question 14

What is radiation

Answer 14

Heat transfer via electromagnetic waves

Question 15

What do all warm bodies emit

Answer 15

Infrared

Question 16

What is convection

Answer 16

A process of heat transfer in liquids and gasses via the mass and motion of speedy molecules bumping into other molecules and making them speedy

Question 17

What is conduction

Answer 17

A process of heat transfer occurring in solids via direct contact