Transfer of Energy in Collision

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What happens when you bump into someone?

Back

The energy from my moving body was transferred to the other person when we ran into each other.

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What can be said about energy in an electrical circuit?

Back

Energy can move from place to place.

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What is a collision?

Back

A forceful impact when energy is transferred from one object to another.

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What is sound energy?

Back

Energy that travels as waves through the air or water and vibrates the eardrum upon contact.

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What is heat energy?

Back

Energy that causes a change in temperature of materials.

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What is energy?

Back

The ability to do work or cause change.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy an object has due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The energy stored in an object due to its position or state.

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How does energy transfer occur in a collision?

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Energy is transferred from the moving object to the stationary object upon impact.

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What is mechanical energy?

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The sum of potential and kinetic energy in an object.