Energy glossary Flashcards
Science
What is biomass
The dry mass of energy in a organism
What is a chemical store
Energy that is stored in food,battereis or fuel
What is conduction
The movement of heat through solid
What is convection
The movement of heat through liqids and gas
Dassipated
Energy that spreads out into the enviorment
Elastic store
Energy that is stored when an object has changed shape for example spring or elastic band
What does emit mean
To realese or give out
What does energy mean
There are many different definitons of energy for example heat or light
What is a meaning of fossil fuels
Coal, oil, gas these are some fossil fuels made frome dead animals and plant over millions of years
Gravitational potential meaning
This type of energy is posesed by anything that can fall
Infared radiation
Radiation given of by the son
Joule
The symbol for energy
Kilojoule
Symbole is kg1=1000j
Kilowatts
1kw=1000w
Kinetic energy
This type of energy relates to anything that is moving
How is nuclear energy made
It is realesed from nuclear reactionns
What is radiation
The transfor of heat as a wave,heat radiation is affected by , serface coular and texture
Renewable means
Energy sorces that will not ru out for example solar or tidal energy
temporature is
How hot or cold somthing is and is measured in 0c
Thermometer
A device that can be used to measure temperature
What is watts a unit for
Watts is the unit for power the shmbole is w
