Chapter One Energy and Heat

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Energy is the ability to cause motion or create change.

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the ability to cause motion or create change

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Electrical energy:

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energy from moving electrically charged particles

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Thermal energy: energy from moving particles felt as heat.

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energy caused by moving particles that you feel as heat

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Conduction: transfer of heat when objects touch.

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Transfer of heat that occurs when one thing touches another.

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Convection

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Transfer of thermal energy.

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Radiation

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Energy sent in waves, traveling through matter and space.

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Example of conduction:

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A metal spoon getting hot in hot soup.

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Example of convection:

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an oven moves warmer air upward and cooler air downward.

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Example of radiation:

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the sun warms the ground

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Sources of heat: fossil fuel, light, friction

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fossil fuel, light, friction