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 the bonds in its nucleus.

• The energy an object has due to its motion.

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What is kinetic energy?

• The energy an object has due to its motion.

• The energy an object has due to its position.

• 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.

• When it has no electrical charge.

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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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Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object. 

• Height and mass
• Friction and movement
• Mass and Movement
• Height and Friction 

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What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a person climbing up toward the top of a ladder?

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Both

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