Mechanical Energy Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. is the transfer of energy to an object by a force that makes the object move in the direction of the force.
  2. 5. ________________ potential energy is energy stored in objects that are
  3. 8. to express something in speech or writing in a definite or formal way
  4. 9. to cause to have an effect.
  5. 11. This law states that even though energy is always transferring, energy is not created and energy is not destroyed.
  6. 12. ______________energy (KE) is the energy due to motion.
  7. 13. _________________potential energy is stored energy due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field.
  8. 14. related to a line
  9. 15. able to stretch and return to its original shape quickly and easily
  10. 16. or stretched, such as springs and rubber bands.
Down
  1. 2. not active or moving
  2. 3. to become four times bigger in number or value
  3. 4. going straight up and down
  4. 6. The sum of the potential energy and the kinetic energy in a system
  5. 7. things that change at the same rate,so that the relationship between them does not change
  6. 10. energy that is the energy due to interactions between objects or particles when distance changes. The energy that is waiting to be used.