Energy: Potential & Kinetic and Thermal energy

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What is kinetic energy?

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Energy from motion/movement; the faster the object is, the higher this type of energy.

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What is potential energy?

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Stored energy; energy due to the height of an object.

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What is thermal energy?

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Energy that comes from the temperature of matter; it is the total energy of all the particles in an object.

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What is heat?

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The movement of thermal energy from a warmer object to a cooler object.

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What happens to heat when two objects have different temperatures?

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Heat will flow from the warmer object to the cooler one until they both have an equal temperature.

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What is the relationship between mass and thermal energy?

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The more mass an object has, the more thermal energy it has.

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What is a control variable in an experiment?

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Variables that remain the same throughout the experiment.

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What is an independent variable?

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The variable that is changed or controlled in a scientific experiment.

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What is a dependent variable?

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The variable that is measured and affected in an experiment.

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What is the formula for kinetic energy?

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Kinetic Energy = 1/2 * mass * velocity^2.