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Energy Topic 1 2025
Sience voblab studay
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work or cause change. |
| Motion | The state in which one objects distance from another is changing. |
| Force | A push or pull exerted on an object. |
| Work | Force exerted on an object that causes it to move. |
| Power | The rate at which one form of energy is transformed into another. |
| W=FxD | Formula to calculate work. Work = Force x Distance unit is NM or J |
| Kinetic energy | Energy that an object has due to its motion. |
| Potential energy | The energy that an object has because of its position, also the internal stored energy in an object. |
| Gravitational poential energy | Potential energy that depends on the height of the object. |
| Elastic potential energy | The energy of stretched or compressed objects. |
| Mechanical energy | Ḱinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object. |
| Thermal energy | The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles in an object. |
| Nuclear energy | The poteential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom. |
| Chemical energy | A form of potential energy that is stored in the chemical bonds between atoms. |
| Electrical energy | The energy of electric charges. |
| Electromagnetic radiation | The energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves. |