Potential Energy Vocab

Front

Potential energy from stretching or compressing.

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Elastic

Front

Stored energy

Back

Potential Energy

Front

Energy stored in atomic bonds.

Back

Chemical

Front

Ability to do work or cause change.

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Energy

Front

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.

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Kinetic

Front

Holding a book stores energy between it and Earth; this is called ________ potential energy.

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Gravitational.

Front

Energy destruction?

Back

No.

Front

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only converted.

Back

True

Front

Unit of measurement for kinetic energy

Back

Joule

Front

Gravitational potential energy

Back

Energy due to position above ground