WORK The product of displacement and the component of force in the same direction. ENERGY The measurement of the change in state of an object. KINETIC ENERGY Energy of an object due to its motion. POTENTIAL ENERGY Energy of an object due to its position. SPRING CONSTANT A value that expresses how resistant a spring is to being stretched or compressed. MECHANICAL ENERGY The sum of kinetic energy and all forms of potential energy. WORK-ENERGY THEOREM The net work done by non-conservative forces is equal to the change in mech energy. POWER The rate of energy transfer over an interval of time.