Energy Vocabulary

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Renewable resources

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Resources that produce very little waste products and can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time.

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Longitudinal wave

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A type of wave that displaces the particles of the medium parallel to the direction in which waves travel.

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Rest position

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Represents a wave before a disturbance.

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Energy Sources

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Substances that can be used as sources of energy.

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Potential energy

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Stored energy or energy of position.

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Kinetic energy

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Energy of motion; the energy an object has due to its movement.

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Thermal energy

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The total energy of all the particles in an object, related to temperature.

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Chemical energy

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Energy stored in the bonds of chemical compounds, like food and fuel.

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Fossil fuels

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Non-renewable energy sources formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals.

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Non-renewable resources

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Resources that cannot be replaced in a short amount of time and are finite.