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| kinetic,heat,electrical,mechanical, potential,chemical,nuclear |
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| energy released by a moving object--ball falling toward the ground |
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| energy stored in an object, example--ball at top of arc has maximum potential energy |
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| gravitational potential energy |
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| potential energy of an object in relation to a gravitational field |
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| a change in the form of energy |
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| Most common energy conversion |
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sun-->heat, sun-->light, sun-->electrical,
electrical-->mechanical |
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| Law of the conservation of energy |
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| energy is not lost or gained in a system; it cannot be created or destroyed |
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| Relation of energy to physics |
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| essential--the greater the energy the faster the speed, the more heat that is generated, an increased rate of work--more work can be done in less time. |
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