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1
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What is the SI unit of energy?

A

Joule

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What is energy from motion or forces that affect a whole object?

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Mechanical energy

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Which fundamental principle states that the energy lost by one object equals the energy gained by the other?

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Law of conservation of energy

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How are work and energy related?

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Energy is measured in the amount of work it can do.

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What is the energy of motion?

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Kinetic energy

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What is the energy associated with the position of the object and the forces acting upon it?

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Potential energy

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What principle states that adding energy to an object will slightly increase its mass?

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Mass-energy equivalence

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What is the simplest form of kinetic energy?

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Whole-body kinetic energy

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What is the whole-body kinetic energy that is caused by translational motion?

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Translational kinetic energy

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An object in what kind of motion spins or rolls around an internal axis (ex: a rotating wheel)?

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Rotational motion

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What is the attractive force between all material objects (all objects with mass)?

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Gravitational force

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What is potential energy that an object gains from the work used to move it against a gravitational field?

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Gravitational potential energy

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Which fundamental force affects certain subatomic particles?

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Weak nuclear force

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14
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Which fundamental force manifests itself in electricity and magnetism?

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Electromagnetic force

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What is the potential energy caused by restorative forces?

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Elastic potential energy

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What law states that the elastic potential energy is proportional to the square of the amount of deformation?

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Hooke’s law

17
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What is the strongest fundamental force?

A

Strong nuclear force

18
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What fundamental force binds subatomic particles together to form the nucleus of an atom?

A

Strong nuclear force

19
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What is the weakest fundamental force?

A

Gravitational force

20
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What fundamental force is responsible for most known forces (magnetism, electricity, friction, touch, etc.)?

A

Electromagnetic force

21
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What fundamental force binds protons and neutrons together into atomic nuclei?

A

Strong nuclear force

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