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The ability to do work or case charge
Ex: A ball rolling down a hill |
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Energy that an object has due to its motion
Ex: A rock droping |
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Stored energy that results from position or shape of an object
Ex: A heavy ball of a demolition is storing enrgy when it is held at an elevated position |
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Gravitational Potential Energy
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Potential energy that depends on the height of an object
Ex: Someone droping a from a certain hight |
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Mechanical Energy
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Form of energy associated with the postion and motion of an object
Ex: A brick held at a vertical positon above the ground or0 height postion |
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The total potential and kinetic energy of particles in an object
Ex: A grill gives off thermal energy by burning propane |
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Electrical Energy
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Energy of eletetric charges
Ex: The lightening illustrates electrical energy |
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Potential energy stored in chemical bonds
Ex: Batteries, light bulbs, cells, bomb, etc. |
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Energy Transformation
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The process of changing one form of energy to another
Ex: Water falls over a waterfall |
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Law of Conservation of Energy
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The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed
Ex: When you push a book accross the table |
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A material such as caol the forms over millions of years from the remains of ancient plants and animals; burned to release chemical energy
Ex: oil, caol, oil shales, tar sands |
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The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom
Ex: An uncontrolled fission reaction provides destructive force of a nuclear bomb |
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The process of burning a fuel to produce thermal enrgy
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