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What is Energy?
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What is Energy?

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What type of energy is stored in the distortion of a material that can return to its original shape?

  • Potential energy
  • Elastic energy (correct)
  • Thermal energy
  • Sound energy
  • Which type of energy can exist as pressure waves through a fluid?

  • Kinetic energy
  • Potential energy
  • Thermal energy
  • Sound energy (correct)
  • How is heat defined in terms of the motions of particles?

  • As kinetic energy within particle vibrations and motions (correct)
  • As elastic energy within the system
  • As sound energy within the system
  • As potential energy within particles
  • Which form of energy is transferred through a system into its macroscopic surroundings?

    <p>Heat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can the mechanical motion of rubbing two sticks together transform into?

    <p>Heat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process involves the rising of air due to heating creating upward motion?

    <p>Convection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is always lost as wasted thermal energy during an energy transformation process?

    <p>Heat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What law states that all forms of energy can be transformed into each other but with some loss as wasted thermal energy?

    <p>Conservation of Energy Law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of energy can exist as both potential energy in material distortion and kinetic energy in wave propagation?

    <p>Mechanical energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary form of energy associated with the rising of heated air that causes upward motion?

    <p>Heat energy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the fundamental definition of heat in terms of particles?

    <p>Kinetic energy within particles' vibrations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process involves transforming mechanical motion into heat through friction?

    <p>Conduction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is defined as the energy transferred by a system to its macroscopic surroundings?

    <p>Work</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of transformation can always occur between work and heat in a system?

    <p>Heat to work</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What concept refers to the loss of some energy as wasted thermal energy during energy transformations?

    <p>Entropy increase</p> Signup and view all the answers

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