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Details Title: Chapter 5 Key Terms Description: 5 Northside Holt Physics Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 04/25/2004 14:54:18	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Elastic Potential Energy Definition The potential energy in a stretched or compressed elastic object. Term Kinetic Energy Definition The energy of an object due to its motion. Term Gravitational Potential Energy Definition The potential energy associated with an object due to the position of the object relative to Earth or some other gravitational source. Term Mechanical Energy Definition The sum of kinetic energy and all forms of potential energy. Term Potential Energy Definition Energy associated with an object due to the position of the object. Term Power Definition The rate at which work is done. Term Spring Constant Definition A parameter that expresses how resistant a spring is to being compressed or stretched. Term Work Definition The product of the magnitudes of the component of a force along the direction of displacement and the displacement. Term Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem Definition The net work done on an object is equal to the change in the kinetic energy of the object. Term Hooke's Law Definition The power of any springy body is in the same proportion with the extension.