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- energy
- the ability to cause change
- kinetic energy
- the energy an object has due to its motion. (if an object isnt moving it doesnt have kinetic energy.)
- potential energy
- energy stored in an obnject because of its position
- thermal energy
- energy that increases as its temerature increases
- chemical energy
- energy stored in chemical bonds
- radiant energy
- energy carried by light
- electrical energy
- energy carried by an electric current
- nuclear energy
- energy contained in atomic nuclei
- law conservation of energy
- states that energy can change its form but is never created or desroyed
- generator
- a device that transforms kinetic energy into electrical energy
- turbine
- set of steam powered fan blades that spins a generator at a power plant
- nonrenewable resource
- an energy source that is used up faster than it can be replaced
- renewable resource
- energy source that is replinished continually
- alternative resources
- new renable or inexgaustible energy source includes solar energy wind and geothermal energy
- inexgaustible resource
- energy source that cant be used up by humans
- photovoltaic
- device that transforms radiant energy directly into electrical energy