renewable enrgy sources Flashcards
renewable energy
energy sources that cannot be used up and can be replenished .
non renewable
energy sources that can be used up up and cannot be replenished
examples of non renewable
coal, oil ,gas, uranium
examples of renewable
hydropower, wind energy , solar enery,biofuel,wave and tidal power
potential energy
energy that is stored in an object or system
elastic potential energy
potential energy that is stored in an object when stretched or compressed
gravitational potential energy
potential energy that is stored in an object because of its position above earth
chemical potential energy
energy stored in the particles of substances
kinetic potential energy
energy that an object has because its moving
thermal conductivity
the ability of a substance to conduct heat or move heat from one loctation to another
tides
tides are predictable,repeated rise and fall of sea and ocean levels / predictable,daily rise and fall of sea and ocean levels
the two rocky shoreline ecosystems
rocky shore ecosysten ,sandy shore ecosystem
one fact about Nicolaus Copernicus
he provided a full mathematical discussion of his heliocentric model
one fact about Galileo Galilei
was among the first astronomers to use a telescope to observe the sky
one fact about Isaac Newton
he showed that gravity held the solar system togrther
