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Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| chemical potential energy | Energy stored in chemical bonds. |
| elastic potential energy | Energy stored by something that can stretch or compress. |
| gravitational potential energy | Energy stored by objects due to their position above the Earth's surface. |
| joule | The SI unit of energy |
| kinetic energy | Energy a moving object has because of it's motion. |
| law of conservation of energy | States that the energy cannot be created or destroyed. |
| mechanical energy | The total amount of potential and kinetic energy in a system. |
| potential energy | Stored energy due to a position. |