Kinetic and Potential Energy

What is energy?

• Something that takes up space.

• The ability to make something move or change.

• Anything that has mass.

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What is potential energy?

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

• The energy an object has due to its chemical composition.

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

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What is kinetic energy?

• The energy an object has due to its motion.

• The energy an object has due its chemical composition.

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

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When does an object have NO kinetic energy?

• When it's at rest.

• When it's moving very slowly.

• When it has no electrical charge.

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Select all of the objects that have potential energy. (You may click more than one answer!)

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Select all of the objects that have kinetic energy. (You may click more than one object!)

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The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential
• Kinetic
• None of the above 
• All of the above 

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When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy. 

• kinetic 
• potential
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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