| A | B |
|---|
| Energy | capacity to do work |
| Kinetic Energy | energy an object has because it is moving |
| Potential Energy | energy an object has because of its position or shape |
| Mechanical Energy | energy an object has because of its motion or position |
| Law of Conservation of Energy | energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred from one object to another |
| Thermal energy | energy related to the temperature of a susbstance |
| Chemical energy | energy stored in chemical bonds in a compound |
| Electrical energy | energy of moving electrons |
| Light energy | energy carried by light and other elecromagnetic waves |
| Sound energy | enegy caused by an objects vibration and carried by sound waves |
| Nuclear energy | energy contained in the nucleus of an atom |
| Formula for kinetic energy | mv^2/2 |
| Formula for gravitational potential energy | weight X height |
| Formula for work | force X distance |
| Formula for Mechanical energy | potential energy X kinetic energy |
