Potential and Kinetic Energy Vocabulary

____________ is the ability to cause change. 

• Energy 
• Force 
• Friction
• Motion

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Energy can cause an object to ______________ the position of its motion. 

• Energy
• Change
• Speed
• Stored

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Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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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 are holding a book, energy is stored between the book and Earth; this type of energy is called ________ potential energy. 

• Kinetic
• Potential
• Gravity
• Friction 

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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 

Elastic potential energy is energy stored in object that are compressed or __________. 

• movement
• stored
• harnessed
• pulled 

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

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

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Food has _________ energy. 

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

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