Energy Vocab

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the strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.

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Energy

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the energy possessed by a body by virtue of its position relative to others, stresses within itself, electric charge, and other factors.

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Potential energy

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energy that a body possesses by virtue of being in motion.

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Kinetic energy

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Balance of mind

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Stability

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An air like fluid substance which expands freely to fill any space available.

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Gas

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The heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a given substance by a given amount

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Specific heat

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It is characterized by structural rigidity and resistance to changes of shape or volume

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Solid

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The quality of being hot; high temperature

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Heat

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an organism, typically a biting insect or tick, that transmits a disease or parasite from one animal or plant to another.

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Vectors

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is a one dimensional measurement of a quantity, like temperature, or weight.

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Scalar quantity

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Any move in change or position

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Motion

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the change of energy from one form to another. Energy transformations occur everywhere every second of the day. There are many different forms of energy such as electrical, thermal, nuclear, mechanical, electromagnetic, sound, and chemical.

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Energy transformation

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Large body of matter

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Mass

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The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another

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Friction

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a property of matter by which it continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, unless that state is changed by an external force.

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Inertia

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The overall force on an object.

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Net force

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The states in which matter can exist: as a solid, liquid, or gas. When temperature changes, matter can undergo a phase change, shifting from one form to another.

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Phases of matter

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To be absorbed

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Absorbtion

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the process by which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential between adjoining regions, without movement of the material.

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Conduction

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a principle stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but can be altered from one form to another.

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Conservation of energy

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Supply of mechanical engery

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Power

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Strength of energy as an atravute of physical action or movement

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Force

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is a physical vector quantity; both magnitude and direction are needed to define it.

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Velocity

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Increase in the rate or speed of something

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Acceleration

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It is a force that attracts any objects with mass

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Gravitational force

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is the sum of potential energy and kinetic energy.

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Mechanical energy

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Is a fluid but still has volume

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Liquid

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The state of being insulated

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Insulation

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The engery that comes from heat

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Thermal engery

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Using a force to move an object a distance

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Work

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the degree or intensity of heat present in a substance or object, especially as expressed according to a comparative scale and shown by a thermometer or perceived by touch.

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Temperature

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the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. For most purposes Newton’s laws of gravity apply, with minor modifications to take the general theory of relativity into account.

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Gravity

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The rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate

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Speed

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body’s relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

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Weight