Activation energy

The energy required to initiate a chemical reaction or process.

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Dark energy

An energy field that permeates the entire known Universe.

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Work

The energy transferred by a force in moving through a distance.

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Aerobic respiration

Respiration that uses oxygen.

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Gamma ray

High energy electromagnetic radiation.

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Efficiency

The proportion of energy supplied to a device or process that is converted into a useful form.

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Enthalpy change

The amount of heat energy gained or lost by a chemical system when a process or reaction takes place at constant pressure.

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Transducer

A device that converts one form of energy into another.

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Catabolism

A major process in metabolism.

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Energy

The capacity of a system or a body to do work.

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Power

The rate of doing work, or of converting energy.

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Respiration

The process by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with oxygen and returns carbon dioxide.

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ATP

Or Adenosine Triphosphate, a chemical that plays a vital role in metabolism.

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Temperature

The average kinetic energy of particles in a body of matter.

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Nuclear fusion

A nuclear reaction in which two atomic nuclei fuse to form a larger one.

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Renewable energy

Energy from natural resources that are practically inexhaustible.

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Conduction

The transfer of heat.

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Chlorophyll

A green pigment found in all plants, algae and cyanobacteria.

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Carbohydrate

A compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

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Photon

The basic unit of light and electromagnetic energy.

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