| A | B |
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| Kinetic Energy | The energy an object has due to its motion |
| Joule | The SI unit of work |
| Potential Energy | Energy that is stored as a result of position or shape. |
| Elastic Potential Energy | The potential energy of an object that is stretched or compressed. |
| Chemical Potential Energy | The potential energy of an object that is stored in chemical bonds. |
| Gravitational Potential Energy | Potential energy that depends upon an object's height above a reference point. |
| Law of Conservation of Energy | The total energy of an isolated system remains constant. |
| Mechanical Energy | The energy associated with the motion and position of everyday objects. |
| Temperature | A measure of how hot or cold an object is compared to a reference point. |
| Heat | The transfer of thermal energy from one object to another because of a difference in temperature. |
| Thermal Energy | The total potential and kinetic energy of all the particles inane object. |
| Specific Heat | The amour of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram f a material of one degree Celsius. |
| Conduction | The transfer of thermal with no overall transfer of matter |
| Convection | The transfer of thermal energy when particles of a fluid move from one place to another. |
| Radiation | The transfer of energy by waves moving through space. |
| Insulator | A substance or device that does not readily conduct electricity. |
| Work | The product of distance and the force in the direction an object moves. |
| Power | The rate of doing work. |
| Efficiency | The percentage of the work input that becomes work output in a machine. |
