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Humans: Work, Energy, and Power

Woman Running Up Stairs

Woman Running Up Stairs

When this woman runs upstairs starting from rest, she converts the chemical energy originally from food into kinetic energy and gravitational potential energy. Her power output depends on how fast she does this.

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    "Free High School Science Texts Project, The Atom: Energy Quantisation and Electron Configuration. November 4, 2012."
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