Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Kinetic or Potential
All forms of energy can be divided into two types: kinetic energy and potential energy. The word kinetic means moving. Kinetic energy is energy due to motion. When you are bouncing a ball, the ball has kinetic energy because the ball is moving. A speeding train has energy because it is moving.
Potential energy is stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles. A vase sitting on a shelf has potential energy because if it falls, the potential energy due to its height is transformed into kinetic energy. The higher an object is from the floor and the more mass that it has, the more potential energy it has. Particles in chemical bonds have potential energy because of the attraction and repulsion between the particles. For this reason a battery is considered to be potential energy.
Which type of energy is the energy of movement?
- Kinetic
- Potential
Kinetic energy is the energy of movement.
Kinetic energy is the energy of movement.
Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?
- A still vase.
- A swinging swing.
- A girl at the top of the slide.
- A boy climbing to the top of a tree.
The swinging swing is kinetic energy.
The swinging swing is kinetic energy.
The swinging swing is kinetic energy.
The swinging swing is kinetic energy.
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