Science Marking Period Two Key Vocabulary
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godwinmiddlemull on October 26, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 energy | the ability to do work |
| kinetic energy | energy of motion |
| potential energy | stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object |
| mechanical energy | kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object |
| thermal energy | the total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in a substance |
| electrical energy | the energy of electric charges |
| chemical energy | potential energy stored in chemical bonds |
| nuclear energy | the potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom |
| electromagnetic energy | the energy of light and other forms of radiation |
| energy transformation | the process of changing one form of energy to another |
| matter | anything that has mass and takes up space |
| conductor | a material that conducts heat well |
| insulator | a material that does not conduct heat well |
| conduction | the transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another |
| convection | the transfer of heat by the movement of currents within a fluid |
| radiation | the transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
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