mechanical energy vocabulary

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Kinetic energy

Energy due in motion

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Potential energy

Stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles

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Elastic potential energy

Energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched such as springs and rubber bands

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Gravitational potential energy

Stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field

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Mechanical energy

Some of the potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system

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Law of conservation of energy

Law that states that energy is always transferring. The energy is not created or destroyed.

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Work

The transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes an object move in the direction of a force