Identifying Kinetic and Potential Energy

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What is Energy?

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The ability to move or change

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Potential Energy

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Energy that is stored in an object or system

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Kinetic Energy

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The energy of movement

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What is a system?

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Many parts that work together to make a whole thing

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A spinning fan...

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Kinetic energy

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A fan that is plugged in but not spinning ...

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has stored energy so that something can move or change in the future (Potential energy)

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A fan that is NOT plugged in and is not spinning ...

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does not have the ability to move or change by itself now or in the future (no energy in the system)

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A soccer ball flying through the air...

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is moving or changing now (Kinetic energy)

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A soccer ball on the ground ...

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does not have the ability to move or change by itself now or in the future (no energy in the system)

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Water falling ...

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Kinetic energy