Download Hunter Hatfield Bullock A-4 12-13-12 Vocabulary of Instruction

Hunter Hatfield
Bullock A-4
12-13-12
Vocabulary of Instruction
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Speed - rate of movement or happening
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mechanical energy- the sum of kenetic energy and all forms of
potential energy
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elastic energy- energy in a strechted or compresssed elastic object
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Heat- the energy transfer between objects because of a difference
in their temperatures
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thermal energy- energy stransfomed by heat
chemical energy- energy of chemical reactions: the energy
released or absorbed in a chemical reaction during the
decomposition or formation of compounds
work-energy theorem- When the energy of the body increases,
work is positive.
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Hunter Hatfield
Bullock A-4
12-13-12
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Transformation- The act or an instance of transforming
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kinetic energy- energy of body caused by motion: the
energy that a body or system has because of its motion.
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Work- force times distance
Hooke's law- the law stating that the stress on a solid
substance is directly proportional to the strain
produced, provided the stress is less than the
elastic limit of the substance.
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conservative forceelectrical energya vector quantity from which is determined the
magnitude and direction of the force on a
charged particle due to the presence of other
charged particles, accelerated charged
particles
Hunter Hatfield
Bullock A-4
12-13-12
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conservative force- A conservative force is a force with
the property that the work done in moving a particle
between two points is independent of the path taken
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Conservation of Energy- It states that the total amount of
energy in an isolated system remains constant over time