Energy Flashcards
0
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Force applied to move a object over some distance
W= F x D
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Work
1
Q
The capacity to do work or produce change
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Energy
2
Q
Forms of Energy
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Heat Light Electrical Nuclear Chemical
3
Q
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only changed in form
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Law of conservation of energy
4
Q
Final form for most energy
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Heat
5
Q
What are the two types if mechanical energy
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Kinetic and potential
6
Q
Types of kinetic energy
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Translational rotational and vibrational
7
Q
What is kinetic energy
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Energy of motion
8
Q
What is potential energy
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Energy of position or stores energy
9
Q
Types of potential energy
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Absolute and relative
10
Q
What is absolute
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Stored energy
11
Q
What is relative
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Energy of position
12
Q
What are two types of collision
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Elastic and inelastic
13
Q
What is elastic
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Doesn’t lose energy
14
Q
What is inelastic
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Loses energy usually in the form of heat
