Energy Unit Test Flashcards
Chemical energy
Potential energy stored in chemical bands
What is biomass
Fuel made of living things
What is conduction
The transfer of heat from one object to another
Conductor
Materials that conducts heat from one object to another
What is convection
The transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid
What is elastic potential Energy
The energy of stretched or compressed objects
Electrical Energy
Energy from of moving electric charges
Electromagnetic energy
The energy of light and other forms of radiation
Energy
The ability to do work or cause change
Fossil fuels
Material burned to reless it’s Chemical potential energy
Geothermal
Heat from earth’s interior
Gravitational potential energy
PE that depends on the height of an object
Work
Force exerted on an object cause it to move
Insulator
A material that does not conduct heat well
Kinetic energy
Energy that an object has due to its motion
Thermal energy
The total energy of particles in an object
Law of conservation of energy
The law that energy cannot be created or destroyed
Mechanical energy
KE or P.E associated with the motion or position of an object
Non-renewable energy resources
Any natural resource from earth in limited supply that can’t be replaced if used up
Nuclear energy
The potential energy started in the nuclear of an Adam
Potential energy
Energy that is stored and held in readiness
Radiation
The direct transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Renewable energy resources
Any naturally occurring theoretically inexhaustible source of energy
Solar energy
Solar energy is energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation
