Unit 1 Module 2 Vocab Quiz

Kinetic Energy

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• energy due to motion.
• energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
• stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field.

Potential Energy

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• energy due to motion.
• energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
• stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field.

Elastic Energy

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• energy due to motion.
• energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
• stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field.

Gravitational Potential Energy

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• energy due to motion.
• energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
• stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field.

Mechanical Energy

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• energy due to motion.
• energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
• sum of the potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system.

Law of Conservation of Energy

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• law that states that energy is always transferring, but energy is not created or destroyed.
• energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
• sum of the potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system.

Work

• stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles.
• law that states that energy is always transferring, but energy is not created or destroyed.
• the transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes an object move in the direction of the force.
• sum of the potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system.