Energy and Energy Transformations Vocabulary

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What is the energy that an electric current carries?

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Electric energy.

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What type of energy is stored between an object and Earth, depending on the object's weight and height?

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Gravitational Potential Energy.

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How is work defined in physics?

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Work is the product of a force and the distance through which it acts.

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What type of energy is due to the motion of particles that make up an object?

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Thermal Energy.

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What do we call the process of energy moving from one form to another?

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Energy transformations.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy of an object due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The stored energy of an object based on its position or state.

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What is the formula for calculating gravitational potential energy?

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Gravitational Potential Energy = mass x gravity x height (PE = mgh).

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What is the relationship between work and energy?

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Work done on an object results in a change in energy.

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What is mechanical energy?

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The sum of potential energy and kinetic energy in a system.