Physics 23-24 2.0

Question 1

Chemical energy:

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Potential energy stored in the chemical bonds of compounds

Question 2

Electrical Energy:

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work done by moving charges energy produced by moving electrons

Question 3

Nuclear Energy:

Answer 3

Potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom

Question 4

Solar Energy:

Answer 4

Energy from the sun; generated by a hydrogen nuclear fusion reaction

Question 5

Kinetic Energy:

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Energy of a moving object

Question 6

Thermal Energy:

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The amount of energy possessed by a substance by virtue to an area of lower temperature

Question 7

Atomists believed that the motion of

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“Atoms” or tiny particles within a substance

Question 8

Joseph Black observed that when a cold object is placed in a cup of hot water and then removed

Answer 8

the object was warmer

Question 9

Benjamin Thompson suggested that

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heat could be manufactured by motion of the workers

Question 10

Benjamin Thompson was the first to discover

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Heat and mechanical energy

Question 11

Thomas Young linked

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mechanical energy to kinetic and potential energy in objects

Question 12

Thomas Young later discovered that mechanical energy combined

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both kinetic and potential energy

Question 13

Potential Energy:

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Energy that is stored and held in readiness; energy that has the potential to do work

Question 14

Gravitation Potential Energy

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Determines the weight of an object from its mass

Question 15

Elastic Potential Energy:

Answer 15

Energy stored in an object that has its shaped changed by stretching, twisting, or compressing