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Chapter 4 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chemical potential energy | energy stored in chemical bonds. |
| elastic potential energy | energy stored by something that can stretch or compress, such as a rubber band or spring. |
| gravitational potential energy | energy stored by objects due to their position above earths surface. |
| joule | the SI unit of energy |
| kinetic energy | the energy a moving object has because of its motion. |
| law of conservation of energy | energy cannot be created or destroyed. |
| mechanical energy | the total amount of potential and kinetic energy in a system and can be expressed by this equation. |
| potential energy | stored energy due to position. |