Energy Vocab!!

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Energy from position or condition (e.g., raised weight, coiled spring, charged battery).

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Potential Energy

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Energy from motion (e.g., rolling ball, waterfall, wind).

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Kinetic Energy

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Energy from atomic nucleus changes

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Nuclear Energy

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Kinetic energy carried by waves in the visible EM spectrum (e.g., sunlight).

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Light Energy

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Energy from object vibrations.

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Sound energy

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Ability of a body/system to do work or produce change, often in joules, represented as Q.

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Energy

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Energy from electric charge flow (current); a form of kinetic energy.

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Electric energy

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Accumulation of electric charge on an insulated body (potential energy).

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Static Electric Energy

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Energy in chemical bonds (e.g., food, batteries).

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Chemical Potential Energy

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Sum of potential and kinetic energy; energy of motion and position.

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Mechanical Energy