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Chapter 4 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Kinetic Energy | the energy a moving object has because of its motion |
Joule | SI unit of energy |
Potential Energy | Stored energy due to position |
Elastic potential energy | Energy stored by something that can stretch or compress |
Chemical Potential Energy | Energy stored in chemical bonds |
Gravitational Potenetial Energy | Anything that can fall has stored energy |
Mechanical energy | total amount of potential and kinetic energy in a system |
Law of conservation of energy | states that energy can never be created or destroyed. |