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Energy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work or cause change |
| Kinetic energy | Energy that an object has due to its motion |
| potential energy | The energy of an object has because of its position; also the inernal storage of an object, such as energy stored in chemical bonds. |
| Gravitation potential energy | Potential energy that depends on the height of an obect |
| elastic potential energy | The energy of stretched or compressed objects |
| mechanical energy | Kinetic or pontential energy associated with the motion or position of an obect |
| nuclear energy | The potential energy stored in the nucleas of an atom |
| thermal energy | The total kinetic and potential energy of all the particles of an obect |
| eletrical 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 of conversion |
| law conservation of energy | The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed |