Key Terms and Concepts for Energy
to accompany
chapter 15 Physical Science:Concepts in Action
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Terms:
- Chemical Energy
- Elastic Potential
Energy
- Energy
- Energy conversion
/ conservation
- Heat
- Gravitational
Potential Energy
- Kinetic Energy
- Mechanical
Energy
- Nuclear Fusion Energy
- Photosynthesis
- Potential Energy
- Radiant Energy
- Thermal Energy
- Thermodynamics
- Work
Concepts:
Energy
and Its forms
- What is energy? It is defined as the ability to do work.
- Kinetic Energy: Energy of motion
- Potential Energy: Ready and Waiting
- These two
are somewhat reversible; Think of the swing of a pendulum.
- Work : the transfer of Energy through motion equation W=Fxd in
order for work to occur force must be transferred through a
distance. In other words no motion, no work.
- Heat: is thermal energy, it is molecules in motion.
Energy Resources
- Non
-Renewable
- Renewable
- Solar
- Geothermal
- Hydrogen
Fuel Cell
- Energy
Conversion