Energy Concepts

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Energy

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Ability to do work or cause change

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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States that when one form of energy is transformed to another, no energy is lost in the process

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Energy Transformation

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A change from one form of energy to another

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Kinetic Energy

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The energy an object has due to its motion

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Potential Energy

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Energy that results from the position or shape of an object.

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Elastic Potential Energy

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Energy associated with objects that can be compressed or stretched

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Gravitational Potential Energy

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Potential energy related to an object’s height.