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| the energy an object has because of its position |
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| when work is applied to an object with elasticity energy changes into this form: example a stretched rubber band |
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| gravitational potential energy |
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| when work is used to raise an object against the force of gravity: example a book on a shelf has this type of energy |
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| formula for gravitational potential energy |
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| the total energy of motion and position of an object- It is the amount of work an object can do because of its potential and kinetic energy. |
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| formula for mechanical energy |
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| potential energy + kinetic energy |
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| all the kinetic energy due to the random motion of particles that make up an object: boiling water |
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| energy of a compound that changes as its atoms are rearranged: car battery, wood burning, food metabolizing |
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| the energy as it is being transferred/energy after it is transferred. |
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| the energy of moving electrons |
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| energy that causes particles in the air to vibrate and us to hear them |
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| vibrations of electically charged particles |
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| the energy that comes from the change of a nucleus of an atom |
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