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| The ability to do work or cause change |
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| Energy that on opbject has due to its montion |
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Gravitational Potential Energy
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| Potential energy that depends on the height of an object |
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| Stored energy that results from the position or shape of and object |
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Elastic Potential Energy
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| The energy of stretched or compressed objects |
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Mechanical Energy
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| Kinetic or potrntial energy associated with the motion or postition of and object |
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| The total potential and kinetic energy of the Particles in an object |
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Electrical Energy
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| The energy of electric charges |
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| The potential energy stored in chemical energy stored in chemical bonds |
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Energy Transformation
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| The potential energy stored in chemical energy stored in chemical bonds |
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| The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom |
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Electromagnetic Energy
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| The energy of light and other forms of radiationa |
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Law of Conservation of Energy
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| The rule that energy connot be created or destroyed |
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| A material such as coal that forms over millions of years from the remains ofancient plants and animals; burned to release chemical energy |
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| The process of burning a fuel to produce thermal energy |
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| The transfer of heat from one particle of matter to another |
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| The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves |
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| A material that conducts heat well |
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| A material that does not conduct with heat well |
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