All Things Energy

2. this is conserved in collisions if the external force is zero
5. name of the type of energy recognized by Albert Einstein which said that mass itself is a form of energy
8. sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of the objects in a system
11. law of ___; states that in a closed, isolated system, energy cannot be created or destroyed; instead, it is conserved
14. the change in kinetic energy
16. stored energy due to interactions between objects in a system; formula is mgh
17. stored energy due to an object’s change in shape; an example is a spring
19. energy of motion; formula is one-half mass times velocity
20. the ability of a system to produce a change in itself or the world around it; represented by the symbol E

1. energy associated with charged particles
3. a collision in which kinetic energy decreases; occurs between soft objects such as ones made of clay
4. a collision in which the kinetic energy does not change; occurs between hard objects
6. the stored energy due to gravity represented by the symbol GPE
7. energy you get from the food you eat
9. the position where GPE is defined to be zero
10. heat energy; sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of the particles in a system; symbol is Q
12. energy transferred by electromagnetic waves
13. energy due to rotational motion; formula is one-half the moment of inertia times the angular velocity
15. the unit that energy is measured in
18. the energy stored in bonds inside an atom’s nucleus; released when the structure of an atom’s nucleus changes