| A | B |
|---|
| energy | the ability to do work or to cause change |
| power | the rate at which work is done |
| kinetic energy | energy an object has due to its motion |
| potential energy | energy tht results from an object's position or shape |
| gravitational potential energy | potential energy related to an object's height |
| elastic poetntial energy | energy associated with objects that can be compressed or stretched |
| electrical energy | energy of electrical charges |
| chemical energy | potential energy stored in chemical bonds |
| mechanical energy | form of energy associated with motion, position, or shape of an object |
| electromagnetic energy | the form of energy that travels through space in waves |
| thermal energy | total kinetic and potential energy in the particles of an object |
| nuclear energy | type of potential energy that is stored in the nucleus of an atom |
| sound energy | a disturbance that travels through a medium as waves |
| law of conversation of energy | energy cannot be created or destroyed |
