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 a system?

• A computer program that helps us understand something.

• Two or more interacting parts that form a complex whole.

• A moving object.

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Click the 3 parts of a strong scientific argument. (You should click 3 answers!)

• claim

• introduction

• evidence

• reason

• citation

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Three friends were arguing about whether or not a system has energy. Who do you agree with?

• LaQuinta: A system does not have energy if it is not moving.

• Chioma: ALL systems have energy, all of the time.

• Derrick: A system only has energy if it has the ability to move or change.

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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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