General Flashcards
Define energy
The ability to do work
Define electrical energy
Energy that’s stored in charged particles within an electric field
Define electrical fields
Areas surrounding a charged particle that can exert force on other charged particles within the field, causing them to move and hence do work
Define energy transfer
When an object passes energy to another object
Give an example of energy transfer
taking lid of water bottle
What charge are protons
Positive
What charge are neutrons
No charge
What charge are electrons
Negative
What is a nucleus
- It contains nearly all the mass of the atom
- Made up of protons and neutrons
- Positively charged
Structure of an atom
Protons and neutrons are in the middle and electrons are around the outside (2,8,8,2)
What is an isotope
An atom that does not weigh the exact same on the periodic table
Kinetic energy
energy of movement
potential energy
energy that is stored
