Vocab Flashcards
1
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Kinetic energy
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Energy due to motion
2
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Potential energy
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Stored energy due to the interactions between objects of particles
3
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Elastic potential energy
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Energy stored an objects that are compressed
4
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Gravitational potential energy
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Stored energy due to the interactions of objects and gravitational field
5
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Mechanical energy
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Some of potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system
6
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Law of conservation of energy
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Law that states, the energy is always transferring energy is not created or destroyed
7
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Work
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The transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes an object move in the direction of the force
