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18 Cards in this Set
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Energy
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Ability to do work or to cause change
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Kinetic Energy
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Energy that an object has due to it's motion
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Potential energy
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energy is stored and held in readiness
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Elastic Potential Energy
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The energy of stretched or compressed objects
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Gravitational potential energy
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potential energy that depends on the height of an object
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mechanical energy
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kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object
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thermal energy
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total energy of the particles in an object
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chemical energy
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the potential energy stored in chemical bonds
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electric energy
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the energy of moving electric charges
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electric magnetic energy
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the energy of light and other forms of radiation
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nuclear energy
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the potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
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energy conversion
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process of changing one form on energy into another
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law of conservation of energy
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energy can not be created or destroyed
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fossil fuels
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material such as coal that are burned to release their chemical energy
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power
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the rate at which work is done
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power equation
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force times distance divided by time
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kinetic energy
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mass times velocity squared divided by two
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gravitational potential energy
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mass times gravitational acceleration times height
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