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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Choose the best example of energy.

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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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True or False: The person in the picture has a lot of potential energy?

• True
• False

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I have the most potential energy if I am: 

• 5 feet high
• 10 feet high
• 15 feet high
• 20 feet high

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Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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