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Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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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. |