Energy Forms Flashcards
Energy forms
The different ways in which energy can appear, such as heat, light sound ect
Energy resources
the different ways of supplying a particular energy form such as coal oil wind etc
Kinetic Energy
the energy possessed by a mass due to its speed
GPE gravitational potential energy
the energy possessed by a mass due to its height above the height above the ground
Principle of conservation of energy
energy can change from one form to the other but cannot be created nor destroyed
Renewable
energy that is being replaced by nature in less than a human lifetime, so we will never run out of it.
Non renewable
energy that will run out
Work
the product of the force and the distance moved in the direction of the force.
Energy
what’s required to do work
Power
Rate of doing work
