Energy/Speed vocabulary

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one forms to another

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Energy Transformation

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the process of energy changing from one form into another

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Potential Energy

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stored energy or energy of position

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Kinetic Energy

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energy of motion

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Mechanical Energy

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the sum of an object's kinetic energy and potential energy due to gravity or elastic deformation

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Speed

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distance traveled divided by the time interval during which the motion occurred

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Velocity

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the speed of an object in a particular direction

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Acceleration

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the rate at which velocity changes over time