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Chapter 5 Key Terms
5 Northside Holt Physics
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04/25/2004

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Elastic Potential Energy
Definition
The potential energy in a stretched or compressed elastic object.
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Kinetic Energy
Definition
The energy of an object due to its motion.
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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.
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Mechanical Energy
Definition
The sum of kinetic energy and all forms of potential energy.
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Potential Energy
Definition
Energy associated with an object due to the position of the object.
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Power
Definition
The rate at which work is done.
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Spring Constant
Definition
A parameter that expresses how resistant a spring is to being compressed or stretched.
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Work
Definition
The product of the magnitudes of the component of a force along the direction of displacement and the displacement.
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Work-Kinetic Energy Theorem
Definition
The net work done on an object is equal to the change in the kinetic energy of the object.
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Hooke's Law
Definition
The power of any springy body is in the same proportion with the extension.
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