Energy and Work Concepts

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Mechanical Energy

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The sum of the potential and kinetic energy in a system

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Kinetic Energy

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Energy of an object in motion

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Mass

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A measure of the amount of matter in an object

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Speed

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The time rate at which an object is moving along a path

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Potential Energy

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Stored energy of an object

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Elastic Potential Energy

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Energy stored in an object due to a force such as squashing or stretching

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Gravitational Potential Energy

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Energy that is related to gravitational force or to gravity

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Law of Conservation of Energy

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States that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form of energy to another

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Work

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The transfer of energy to an object by a force

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Matter

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Anything that has mass and takes up space.