ch 10

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Energy

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The capacity to do work or produce heat.

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Potential Energy

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Energy stored in an object due to its position or arrangement.

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Kinetic Energy

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Energy of an object due to its motion.

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another.

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Work

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The process of energy transfer to an object via a force causing the object to move.

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State Function

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A property whose value does not depend on the path taken to reach that specific value.

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Temperature

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A measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in a system.

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Heat

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The transfer of thermal energy between systems.

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System

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The part of the universe being studied, separated by boundaries.

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Surroundings

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Everything outside the system.