Science study

• Specific Heat Capacity

  The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a given amount of a substance by a certain temperature
• Temperature

  A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a substance
• Efficiency


  The ratio of useful work performed by a machine to the energy input
• Dissipation


  The process by which energy is dispersed or spread out
• Gravitational Potential Energy

  The energy possessed by an object due to its position in a gravitational field
• Elastic Potential Energy


  The energy stored in an elastic material as a result of its deformation
• Specific Heat

  The amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of a given amount of a substance by a certain temperature
• Kinetic Energy of a Spring

  The energy possessed by a spring due to its deformation
• Medium

  The substance or material through which energy is transferred
• Kinetic Energy


  The energy possessed by an object due to its motion
• Mass & Temperature


  The relationship between the mass of a substance and its temperature
• Energy


  The capacity or ability to do work
• Sound Energy

  Energy that is transmitted by sound waves
• Work

  The transfer of energy from one object to another
• Light Energy


  Electromagnetic radiation within a certain portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
• Power


  The rate at which energy is transferred or work is done
• Energy Change


  The difference in energy between two states
• Reversible Energy


  Energy that can be converted from one form to another without any loss
• Change in Kinetic Energy


  The difference in kinetic energy between two states