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Forces and Energy/4/
Energy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work or cause a change. |
| Kinetic energy | Energy that an object has due to its motion. |
| Potential energy | The energy an object has because of its position; also the internal stored energy of an object, such as energy stored in chemical bonds. |
| Gravitational potential energy | Potential energy that depends on the height of an object. |
| Elastic potential energy | The energy of stretched or compressed objects. |
| Mechanical energy | Kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object. |
| Nuclear energy | The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. |
| Thermal energy | The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an object. |
| Electrical energy | The energy of electric charges. |
| Electromagnetic energy | The energy of light and other forms of radiation, which travels through space as waves. |
| Chemical energy | A form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms. |
| Energy transformation | A change from one form of energy to another; also called an energy conversion. |
| Law of conservation of energy | The rule that in the absence of outside forces the total momentum of objects that interact does not change. |
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