Conservation of Energy and Energy Transfer - High School

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  1. chemical energy
    that part of the energy in a substance that can be released by a chemical reaction
  2. collide
    crash together with violent impact
  3. collision
    a brief event in which two or more particles come together
  4. conduction
    the transmission of heat or electricity or sound
  5. conservation
    maintenance of constant physical or chemical quantities
  6. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  7. conversion
    an event that results in a transformation
  8. current
    a flow of electricity through a conductor
  9. electrical circuit
    an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
  10. electrical energy
    energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
  11. electric current
    a flow of electricity through a conductor
  12. electricity
    a physical phenomenon that can produce light, heat and power
  13. gravity
    the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  14. heat
    a form of energy transferred by a difference in temperature
  15. insulate
    surround with material to protect from heat, cold, or noise
  16. joule
    a unit of electrical energy
  17. kinetic energy
    the mechanical energy that a body has by virtue of motion
  18. law of conservation of energy
    the fundamental principle of physics that the total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes
  19. light
    electromagnetic radiation that can produce visual sensation
  20. magnitude
    the property of relative size or extent
  21. mass
    the property of a body that causes it to have weight
  22. matter
    that which has mass and occupies space
  23. mechanical energy
    energy in a mechanical form
  24. motion
    the act of changing location from one place to another
  25. particle
    a body having finite mass but negligible dimensions
  26. perpetual motion machine
    a machine that can continue to do work indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source; impossible under the law of conservation of energy
  27. potential energy
    energy stored by a body or system by virtue of its position
  28. power
    (physics) the rate of doing work
  29. proportional
    having a constant ratio
  30. ratio
    relation with respect to comparative quantity or magnitude
  31. second law of thermodynamics
    a law stating that mechanical work can be derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature; any spontaneous process results in an increase of entropy
  32. solar heater
    a heater that makes direct use of solar energy
  33. solar radiation
    radiation from the sun
  34. sound
    mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium
  35. speed
    a rate at which something happens
  36. temperature
    the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment
  37. thermal
    relating to or associated with heat
  38. thermal equilibrium
    a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature
  39. thermodynamics
    physics concerned with heat and other forms of energy
Created on Sat Jan 28 10:50:19 EST 2017 (updated Tue Apr 11 09:26:39 EDT 2017)

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