Energy Glossary Flashcards
What is biomass?
Biomass is the dry mass of energy in an organism.
What is a chemical store?
Chemical store is energy that is stored in food,batteries or fuels.
What is conduction?
Comduction is the movement of heat through solids.
What is convection?
Convection is the movement through liquids and gases.
What is dissipated?
Dissipated is when energy spreads out into the enviroment.
What is a elastic store?
A elastic store is energy that is stored when an object has changed shape.For example spring or elastic band.
What is emit?
Emit means to release or give out.
What is energy?
There are different types of energy like heat and light.The unit for energy is (J) joules.
What are fossil fuels?
Fosiil fuels are Coal,Oil and Gas these came from dead animals from over millions of years.
What is gravitional potiential?
Gravitional potiential is the type of energy that is possessed by anything which can fall.
What is infrared radiation?
Infrared radiation is when radiation is given of by the sun.
What is joule?
Joule is the unit for energy,the symbol is J.
What is a kilojoule?
The symbol is KJ
1000J=1KJ
What is kilowatts?
The symbol is KW
1KW=1000W
What is kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is the type of energy that relates to anything that is moving.
What is nuclear energy?
Nuclear energy is released from nuclear reactions.
What is radiation?
Radiation is the transfer of heat as a wave.Heat radiation is affected by surface,colour and texture.
What does renewable mean?
It is the energy sources that will not run out.For example tidal energy and solar.
What is tempature?
Tempature is how hot or cold something is ,it is measured in °C
What is a therometer?
A therometer is a device that is used to measure tempature.
What is watts?
Watts is the unit of power the symbol is W.
