Energy Flashcards

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Kinetic

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The energy possessed by objects that are moving

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Potential Energy

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the energy that has the potential to do work and so the energy is ‘stored’

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Thermal

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Energy that causes objects to gain temperature

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Light

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Energy that may be released when object is hot

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Gravitational

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Potential energy of an object when elevated above the ground

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Chemical

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Energy stored in chemical which react together

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Electrical

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energy made available by flow of electric charge through conductors

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Sound

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carried by air and detected by ear

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Elastic

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Stored by an elastic object that is streched

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Nuclear

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Stored in nucleus of atoms that release energy slowly

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Law of Conservation

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  1. Energy can’t be destroyed
  2. All object posses energy
  3. Energy can be stored
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12
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Transform

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One type to another

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Transfer

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One object to another

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Conduction

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vIbration and collision of particles

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Convection

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Through the mass movement of the flow of gases and liquids.

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Heat and Cold air

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Heat rise, Cold fall

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Radiation

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Through the movement of an electromagnetic wave which does not require particles

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Reverberation

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Longer lasting sound caused by repeated reflection from hard surfaces

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Potential Energy Types

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Gravitational, Chemical, Elastic, Nuclear

20
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Luminous

A

Make own light- torch

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Incandescent

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Emit light through heat-sun

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Bioluminescent

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Produce light naturally- anglerfish

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Non-luminous

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Do not emit light but reflect it, moon

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How can light be seen?

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Scattered

25
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3 ways light can be seen and travel

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Reflected, Transmitted, Absorb, Bounces off objects

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Insulator

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The object that prevents conduction

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Sound Traveling

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THrough vibrations

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Rarefaction

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The process which particles spread apart between compressions