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Topic 1
Energy
Term | Definition |
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Energy | the ability to do work or cause change |
Motion | the state in which one object's 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 |
Kinetic Energy | energy that an object has due to its motion |
Potential Energy | the energy an object has because of its position; internal stored energy of an object, such as chemical bonds |
Gravitational Potential Energy | potential energy that depends on the height of an object |
Elastic Potential Energy | 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 |
Chemical Energy | a form of potential energy that is stored in chemical bonds between atoms |
Electrical Energy | the energy of electric charges |
Electromagnetic Energy | the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves |
Law of Conservation of Energy | the rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed |