Energy Flashcards
What is energy?
The capacity to do work or to produce change
How is energy expressed?
Joules
1N=?
100g
Joules=
Newtons x meters
What is thermal energy?
Energy that comes from the random motion of the particles that make up a substance
What is temperature?
Degree of agitation in a substances atoms and molecules
What factors can affect thermal energy?
Temperature and amount of particles
What happens when there is a higher temperature?
Particles move faster, higher thermal energy
What happens when there are more particles in a substance
More collisions, more thermal energy
What is radiant energy?
The kind of energy that is contained in and transported by electromagnetic waves
What is wavelength
The distance form crest to crest
What does the amount of energy depend on?
Wavelength and radiation
Chemical energy
Energy stored in the bonds of a molecule
What does the amount of energy depend on?
Strength of a bond
What happens when there is a stronger bond?
More energy
What is mechanical energy?
Energy that results from the speed of an object, its mass and its surroundings
What happens with speed?
Energy increases
What happens with more mass
Greater the mechanical energy
More mass
More energy
What is Energy transformation ?
Changing of energy from one form to another