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Potential and Kinetic Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability of a system to do work. energy is required for changes to happen within a system. |
| Potential Energy | Energy that is stored in a system or object. |
| Kinetic Energy | Energy in motion. |
| Energy Transormation | the change of energy from one type to another; for example, kinetic to potential, or potential to kinetic. |
| System | a group of interacting or interdependent elements forming a complex whole, as in all the factors or variables in an environment, or all the variables that might affect ascience experiment. |
| Total Energy | All energy-potential and kinetic- within a specific system. |
| Joule | a unit used to measure energy. |