A | B |
Energy | The ability to cause change, electrical and thermal for example |
Kinetic Energy | Energy in the form of motion |
Potential Energy | Stored energy |
Work | Transfer of energy through motion |
Mechanical Energy | The total amount of kinetic and potential energy in a system |
Law of Conservation of Energy | Energy cannot be created or destroyed |
Temperature | Measure of the average kinetic energy |
Thermal energy | The total energy - both potential and kinetic |
Heat | Energy flow from something with a higher temp. to something with a lower temp. |
Magma | Molten rock |
Specific Heat | The amount of energy it takes to raise 1 kg of material 1 degree Celsius |