#40-50, #76-87 Flashcards
(23 cards)
1
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- The energy of motion is called
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Kinetic energy
2
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- Ex. Of an object with elastic potential energy
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Wind up toy
3
Q
- What type of energy increases when an object becomes warmer?
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Thermal
4
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- Type of energy stored in gasoline?
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Chemical potential
5
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- Walking converts what type of energy into mechanical?
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Chemical
6
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- Solar cells convert what type of energy into electricity energy
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Electrical magnetic
7
Q
- Law of conservation of energy?
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed
8
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- Mechanical energy of an object is equal to what?
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Kinetic and potential energy
9
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- What is biomass energy?
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Chemical energy stored in living things
10
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- Examples of non renewable energy
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Oil, natural gas, coal, and uranium
11
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- How do metamorphic rocks form?
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When a rock is transformed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions
12
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- Series of processes in which rocks are continually changed
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Rock cycle
13
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- Hypothesis that continents move slowly over time
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Continental drift
14
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- New ocean crust is created where?
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Mid ocean ridges
15
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- Properties of a subducting plate
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Sinks into mantle forming a trench
16
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- Plates slide past each other in what type of boundary?
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Transform fault boundary
17
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- What is a break in rock which movement occurs
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Fault
18
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- Name of location in earth where earthquakes begin?
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Focus
19
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- Amount of energy released by an earthquake is measured by what instrument?
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Richter scale
20
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- Area where magma collects inside a volcano before it erupts
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Magma chamber
21
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- How are composite volcanoes produced?
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Quiet and explosive eruptions
22
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- Steep sided volcano formed by ash and cinders
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Cinder cone
23
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- Work is a transfer of
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Energy
