Energy Transfer and Types of Energy

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What is total energy?

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All the types of energy that are in an object at once.

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What does E_k represent?

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Kinetic energy.

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What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

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

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What is an example of energy transfer?

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When a hurricane hits an island.

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What type of energy does a ball at the top of a building have?

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Gravitational Potential Energy.

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Define kinetic energy.

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Energy that an object possesses due to its motion.

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Define gravitational potential energy.

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Energy stored in an object due to its position above the ground.

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What is elastic energy?

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Energy stored in elastic materials as the result of their stretching or compressing.

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What is thermal energy?

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Energy that comes from the temperature of matter; it is the total kinetic energy of particles in an object.

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What is an example of kinetic energy?

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A moving car.