Potential and Kinetic Energy Review

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What is potential energy?

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The energy an object has due to its position or condition.

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What does the law of conservation of energy state?

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred.

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At which point in a pendulum's swing is kinetic energy highest?

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Point 3.

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True or False? Moving atoms have kinetic energy.

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True.

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What is the energy of motion called?

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Kinetic Energy.

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What is kinetic energy?

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The energy an object possesses due to its motion.

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What is potential energy?

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The energy stored in an object due to its position or condition.

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What is gravitational potential energy?

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Potential energy related to an object's height above the ground.

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What is elastic potential energy?

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Potential energy stored in an object when it is compressed or stretched.

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What happens to potential energy as an object falls?

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It is converted into kinetic energy.