Flashcards Unit 5: Energy

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mechanical energy

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sum of potential and kinetic energy

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potential energy

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stored energy

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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Energy can be neither created nor destroyed.

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kinetic energy

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energy of motion

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mechanical system

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connected parts that make something move

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pendulum

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goes back and forth at a predictable and constant time interval

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chemical energy

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energy stored in chemicals

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gravitational energy

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energy stored at an object's height

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light energy

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energy of electromagnetic waves

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radiant energy

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energy that travels in waves, including light we can see.