phy sci vocab 7 (all words)

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Energy in chemical bonds

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Chemical potential energy

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Transfer of thermal energy by particle collisions between high and low temperatures.

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Conduction

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Transfer of thermal energy in a fluid by movement of warmer fluid to cooler fluid.

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Convection

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Energy stored when an object is compressed or stretched.

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Elastic potential energy.

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Energy stored by objects due to their height above Earth; depends on distance and mass.

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Gravitational potential energy

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Thermal energy flows from warmer to cooler material.

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heat

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Material that slows heat flow

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insulator

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SI unit for energy

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joule

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Energy of a moving object due to motion

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Kinetic energy

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it changes forms.

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Law of Conservation of Energy