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the ability to do work
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energy
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a measure of the amount of energy transferred when a force acts over a given displacement.
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work
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the energy of an object due to its position relative to te surface of Earth
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gravitational potential energy
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an arbitrarily chosen point from which distances are measured
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reference point
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the energy resulting form an object being altered from its standard shape, without permanent deformation
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elastic potential energy
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the energy due to the motion of an object
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kinetic energy
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the study of kinematics statics, and dynamics
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mechanics
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the sum of potential and kinetic energies
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mechanical energy
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a group of objects assumed to be isolated from all other objects in the universe
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isolated system
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a system in which there is an energy exchange with the surroundings
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non-isolated system
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the rate of doing work
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power
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ratio of the energy output to the energ input of any system
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efficiency
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