Energy Unit Vocabulary

ability to do work, which is the ability to exert a force causing displacement of an object

• energy

• system

• mass

• velocity

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the energy an object has stored due to its position

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

• nuclear energy

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energy that an object has due to its motion

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

• nuclear energy

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potential energy that depends on the height of an object

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

the energy an object has due to being stretched or compressed

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

A group of parts working together to perform a function (example: your body’s systems work together, or the parts of a machine).

• system

• mass

• velocity

• energy

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amount of matter in an object

• mass

• matter

• density

• system

speed in a given direction

• velocity

• acceleration

• energy

• distance

variable that you change (is tested) in an experiment-always plotted on x axis in a graph.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control

variable that changes as a result of the independent variable-the one you measure- always plotted on y axis in a graph.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Control

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