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Chapter 4 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |