Potential and Kinetic Energy Vocabulary

Potential energy is stored due to:

• The rate at which an object moves

• The distance between interacting objects or particles changing

• The original position of an object

• An object's elasticity

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Elastic potential energy is stored in:

• Objects that are compressed or stretched

• Objects with significant mass

• Objects in a gravitational field

• Objects at rest

Gravitational potential energy is:

• Energy due to an object’s speed

• Energy stored due to the interactions of objects in a gravitational field

• Energy released during motion

• Energy proportional to elasticity

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Elastic objects are those that can:

• Change shape permanently

• Stretch and return to their original shape

• Stay at rest

• Move with exponential speed

Something at rest is:

• Original

• Significant

• Resting

• Linear

Something not visible to the eye is:

• Elastic

• Invisible

• Vertical

• Proportional

The term "original" refers to:

• Something happening first or at the beginning

• Something very significant

• Something that stretches easily

• A part of an object that is invisible

A "significant" event is one that is:

• Unimportant

• Very important

• Elastic in nature

• Resting

To exert force means to:

• Store energy in motion

• Cause something to have an effect

• Remain at rest

• Become four times larger

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Kinetic energy is energy due to:

• Speed

• Interactions between objects

• Mass

• Motion

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