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What Is Temperature

September 15, 2010

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The answer to what is temperature that it is a way to state the notions of hot and cold. It is also the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance. Temperature is measured with thermometers that can [...]

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What Is Potential Energy

September 15, 2010

What is potential energy? It is the energy stored in a body or system. It can be due to its force field(a special kind of vector field that shows the intensity of a non-contact force at positions in space time) or configuration. Another definition is ‘ the energy difference between the energy of an object [...]

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What Is Mechanical Energy

September 14, 2010

The straight forward answer to ‘what is mechanical energy’ is that it is the sum of energy in a mechanical system. This energy includes both kinetic energy(energy of motion) and potential energy(stored energy). Objects have mechanical energy if they are in motion and/or if they are at some position relative to a zero potential energy [...]

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