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ENERGY CONVERSIONS VOCABULARY ASSEMBLED FOR EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE BY KELLA RANDOLPH, M.ED.

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  • 1. CHEMICAL ENERGYENERGY STORED IN THE BONDS THAT HOLD MOLECULES TOGETHER.

2. ELECTRICAL CURRENTENERGY THAT RESULTS FROM THE MOVEMENT OF CHARGED PARTICLES. 3. ENERGYTHE ABILITY TO CAUSE CHANGES, EXERT FORCES OR DO WORK. (INOTHER WORDS, ENERGY IS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!) 4. ENERGY CAN EXIST IN MANY FORMS. ITCAN BE STORED OR EXPRESSEDACTIVELY.ENERGY CAN BE CONVERTED TO ANOTHER FORM, BUT CAN NEVER BE CREATED ORDESTROYED. 5. FOSSIL FUELA FUEL FORMED DEEP IN EARTHS CRUST FROM THE REMAINS OF PLANTSAND ANIMALS.FOSSIL FUELS INCLUDE COAL, OIL, AND NATURAL GAS. 6. GLOBAL WARMINGA GRADUAL RISE IN EARTHS AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. 7. GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGYSTORED ENERGY THAT IS DUE TO AN OBJECTS POSITION.THE HIGHER AN OBJECT IS, THE GREATER ITS GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY. 8. HYDROELECTRICITYELECTRICAL CURRENT PRODUCED BY WATER FLOWING THROUGH ATURBINE. 9. KINETIC ENERGYENERGY OF MOTION. THE FASTER AN OBJECT MOVES, THE GREATER ITSKINETIC ENERGY. KINETIC ENERGY ALSO INCLUDES SOUND ANDTHERMAL ENERGY: 10. SOUND ENERGY OF VIBRATING MATERIALS OR AIR MOLECULES. 11. THERMAL ENERGYENERGY THAT COMES FROM THE MOVEMENT OF TINY PARTICLES. AS ANOBJECT HEATS UP ITS PARTICLES MOVE FASTER, INCREASING THERMALENERGY. 12. LIGHTA FORM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION THAT IS VISIBLE TO THE EYE 13. ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATIONOTHER FORMS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION INCLUDE GAMMA RAYS, X-RAYS,ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, INFRARED RADIATION, AND RADIO WAVES. 14. NONRENEWABLE RESOURCEA NATURAL RESOURCE THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED REASONABLY SOON. 15. NUCLEAR ENERGYENERGY RELEASED BY CHANGES TO THE NUCLEI OF ATOMS. 16. NUCLEAR FISSIONIN NUCLEAR FISSION, ATOMS ARE SPLIT APART. IT IS USED IN POWER PLANTS ANDWEAPONS. 17. NUCLEAR FUSIONIN NUCLEAR FUSION, ATOMS ARE JOINED TOGETHER. THIS OCCURS DEEP INSIDE THESUN. THERE IS HOPE THAT WE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO HARNESS THIS TYPE OF ENERGY,ESSENTIALLY SOLVING THE ENERGY SUPPLY PROBLEM. 18. RENEWABLE RESOURCEA NATURAL RESOURCE THAT CAN BE REPLACED IN A REASONABLEAMOUNT OF TIME. 19. RENEWABLE RESOURCESWIND POWER, SOLAR POWER, HYDROELECTRICITY, AND ETHANOL ARE RENEWABLERESOURCES. 20. SOUNDSOUND IS ENERGY THAT TRAVELS AS A RESULT OF VIBRATION. IT CAN BECHARACTERIZED BY FREQUENCY, PITCH, AND LOUDNESS, WHICH ISMEASURED IN DECIBELS. 21. SOURCESCLIPART FROM BING ONLINE AND COMMONSHARES 22. THERMAL ENERGYTHERMAL ENERGY IS THE ENERGY A SUBSTANCE OR SYSTEM HASRELATED TO ITS TEMPERATURE, I.E., THE ENERGY OF MOVING ORVIBRATING MOLECULES.THERMAL ENERGY IS NOT THE SAME AS HEAT. HEAT IS ENERGYTRANSFERRED BETWEEN SUBSTANCES OR SYSTEMS DUE TO ATEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM.