The Physical World 12: Energy and Momentum: Vocabulary
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- the principles that govern the way matter and energy are interchanged, showing that matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed
- conservation principles
- the energy that an object has because of its motion or its potential to move
- mechanical energy
- energy stored in a magnet and its surrounding fields
- magnetic energy
- the transportation of thermal energy without the use of matter
- radiation
- the SI unit of energy, which is equal to 1 Newton-meter of work
- joule (J)
- the energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
- nuclear energy
- energy that is stored in the position of electrons in an atom
- chemical energy
- mass multiplied by velocity
- momentum
- the ability to do work
- energy
- the total energy of the particles in an object related to the motion of the molecules or ions in matter
- thermal energy
- energy associated with the flow of charged particles through a conductor
- electrical energy
- using the force of light waves to propel objects through space
- solar sailing
- In all chemical and physical changes, matter is neither created nor destroyed.
- Law of Mass Conservation
- energy produced by vibrating matter and transmitted through a medium
- sound energy
- the energy of motion
- kinetic energy
- process used by plants to convert light energy into chemical energy
- photosynthesis
- the energy of position (stored energy)
- potential energy