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PS Ch 4 Vocab 2016
Sections 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The energy of a moving object. | Kinetic energy. |
| Unit of energy for SI | Joule |
| Stored energy due to position. | Potential Energy |
| Energy stored by something that can stretch or compress. | Elastic potential energy. |
| Energy stored in chemical bonds. | chemical potential energy. |
| energy stored by objects due to their position above earth's surface | Gravitational potential energy |
| is total amount of potential and kinetic energy in a system. | Mechanical Energy |
| states that energy cannot be created or destroyed | law of conservation of energy |