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Energy cannot be created or destroyed because of the law of ________.

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The law of Conservation of Energy
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Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; rather, it transforms from one form to another. For instance, chemical energy can be converted to kinetic energy in the explosion of a stick of dynamite. A consequence of the law of conservation of energy is that a perpetual motion machine of the first kind cannot exist.

Law of Conservation of Energy
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