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11 Cards in this Set
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Kinetic Energy |
Energy of a moving object |
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Thermal Energy |
Heat; energy of quickly moving molecules.
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Vibrational Energy |
Sound; the energy of vibrating molecules.
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Electromagnetic Energy |
Light, pure energy of photons or electromagnetic waves that come from the Sun. |
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Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE) |
Energy stored in an object due to being high off the ground |
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Elastic (Spring) Potential Energy |
Energy stored in a stretched, bent, or compressed object. |
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Electric Potential Energy |
Energy stored between two charged objects. |
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Chemical Potential Energy |
Any kind of fuel source; energy stored inmolecules. |
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Law of Conservation of Energy |
Energy cannot be created or destroyed |
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Total energy |
All the different type of energies in an object added up |
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Energy Transformation |
Where one type of energy becomes another, like GPE into kinetic. |