Basis science vocab20
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Energy | the ability to cause change in matter |
| Potential (energy) | energy that is stored and is based on how high up the matter containing the energy is |
| Kinetic (energy) | energy that is found in moving matter and is dependent on the amount of mass and speed the object uses |
| Electromagnetic (energy) | a type of potential energy that is made of electricity, magnets or changes |
| Chemical energy | a type of electromagnetic potential energy |
| Conservation of energy | a law that energy is neither created nor destroyed only changed |
| James (Joule) | a scientist who discovered the conservation of energy |
| 1840 (AD) | the year when the law of conservation of energy was discovered |
| Calorie | 4.19 joules |
| Conductor | a material that allows heat to move through solids |
| Insulator | a material that does not allow heat to move through it's matter |
| Thermal (energy) | energy and heat produced by moving molecules in matter |
| Nuclear (reactors) | produce energy and heat from fusing or by splitting atoms |
| Electricity | energy and heat caused by resistance of wires |
| Percussion | heat and energy produced by striking an object |
| Sunlight | light from the sun is converted to heat by opaque objects |
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