Vocabulary Sections 5.1,5.2,5.4

Vocabulary

5.1/5.2/5.4

Energy-the ability to cause change.
Kinetic Energy-energy in the form of motion.
Potential Energy-stored energy.
Work-the transfer of energy through motion
Mechanical Energy-the total amountof kinetic and potential energy in a system.
Law of Conservation of Energy-energy can neither be created nor destroyed.
Temperature-the measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a sample of matter.
Thermal Energy-the total energy of the particles that make up a material.
Heat-the thermal energy that flows from something with a higher temperature to something with a lower temperature.
Specific Heat-the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1kg of a material by one degree.