test 14 Flashcards
1
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Energy
A
Ability to do work
2
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Potential energy
A
Stored energy, energy of position
3
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Gravitational potential energy
A
Energy of position
4
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Elastic potential energy
A
Store energy due to compression or stretching
5
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Kinetic energy
A
Energy of moving object due to its motion
6
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Law of conservation of energy
A
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but only change form
7
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Conduction
A
Transfer of energy as heat(thermal energy) as particles collide or objects collide
8
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Convection
A
Transfer of thermal energy on a fluid by the movement or fluid from place to place
9
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Radiation
A
Transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
10
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Temperature
A
Transfer of the avenge kinetic energy of its particles
11
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Conductor
A
material through which energy transfers easily
12
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Insulator
A
Material that poorly transfers energy
