Forces and energy
One of the most important concepts regarding energy is that it's a property of objects that can be transferred from one object to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed. All forms of energy follow the conservation of energy aspect and can be converted to different types of energy. There are many types of energy that exist in the real world. Here are a few examples:
- Kinetic Energy: This specifies the motion of a moving body
- Potential Energy: This denotes the energy that an object has due to its location in the 3D space
- Mechanical Energy: This specifies the sum of kinetic and potential energies
- Heat: This denotes the amount of thermal energy being transferred in the direction of decreasing temperature
These are just a few examples ...
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