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The ability to cause change
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Energy that an object has due to its motion Ex:A ball that rolls down a hill |
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Stored energy that results from the position or shape of an object Ex: |
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Gravitational potential energy
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Potential energy that depends on the height of an object
Ex:Somebody drops something from a tall height |
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Elastic potential energy
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The energy of streched or compressed object
Ex:a rubberband streched has elastic energy |
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Mechanical energy
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kinetic or potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object.
Ex:A person hitting a nail with a hammer is mechanical energy. |
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The total potential and kinetic energy of the particles in an object
Ex:heat is thermal energy |
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Electrical energy
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The energy of electric changes
Ex:Lightning is electrical energy |
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The process of changing one form of energy to another
Ex:when you eat food it converts chemical energy to energy for movement. |
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energy transformation
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| The process of changing one form of energy to another |
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