Energy

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Energy

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The ability to cause change or do work

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What is an example of kinetic energy? Options: An apple in a tree, A bouncy ball on the table, A car driving on the highway, A stretched out rubber band

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A car driving on the highway

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What is an example of potential energy?

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A car parked in a lot

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

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True

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Friction

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A force that resists the sliding of two objects that are touching

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What transformation occurs in a toaster?

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Electrical to thermal

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What type of energy transformation occurs when a piece of wood burns?

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Stored chemical energy is released as thermal energy

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Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.

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Kinetic

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At which point is potential energy greatest? Options: W, X, Y, Z

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W

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Example of a change of kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy: a person parachuting out of a plane, a car racing around an oval track, a person skiing down a hill, a person walking up a hill

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a person walking up a hill