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chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chemical potential energy | energy stored in chemical bonds |
| elastic potential energy | energy stored in somthing that can be streched or commpressed |
| gravitational potential energy | energy stored in objects due to their position above earths surface |
| joule | the SI unit for energy |
| kinetic energy | energy a moving object has because of its motion. |
| law of conservation of energy | energy can not be created or destroyed |
| mechanical energy | total amount of energy both potential and kinetic in a system |
| potential energy | stored energy due to position |