Conservation laws state that certain properties or quantities remain constant during physical processes, even though they may change form or be transferred between different objects or systems.
Conservation of Energy: Energy cannot be created or destroyed; it can only be transferred or transformed from one form to another.
Conservation of Momentum: The total momentum before an event is equal to the total momentum after the event, as long as no external forces are acting.
Conservation of Angular Momentum: The total angular momentum of a system remains constant if no external torques act on it.
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