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Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

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What are the two main types of energy?   Potential Energy (PE) and Kinetic Energy (KE)  
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What are the four examples of Potential Energy?   Gravitational, Stored Mechanical, Chemical and Nuclear  
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What is the energy that's stored energy?   Potential Energy  
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What energy in motion called?   Kinetic Energy  
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What type of Potential Energy is the energy of place or position?   Gravitational  
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A rock on the edge of a cliff is an example of which type of Potential Energy?   Gravitational  
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What is the energy stored in an object called?   Stored Energy  
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A stretched rubber band is an example of what type of Potential Energy?   Elastic Energy  
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What kind of energy is stored in the bonds between atoms called?   Chemical Energy  
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Gasoline for a car is an example of which type of Potential Energy?   Chemical Energy  
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What kind of energy is stored in the nucleus of an atom?   Nuclear Energy  
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What kind of Kinetic energy is of an object that's moving from one place to another called?   Mechanical Energy  
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The ability to do work is called what?   Energy  
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Electromagnetic energy that travels in transverse waves are called what?   Radiant Energy  
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Light is an example of which type of Kinetic Energy?   Radiant  
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The movement of molecules and atoms in a substance is called what?   Thermal Energy  
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Boiling water is an example of which Kinetic Energy?   Thermal  
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What is the movement of energy through substances in longitudinal waves called?   Sound Energy  
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Someone whispering is an example of which Kinetic Energy?   Sound  
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What type of Kinetic Energy is the movement of electrons called?   Electrical Energy  
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What type of Kinetic energy is turning on a hair dryer after you plug it in called?   Electrical Energy  
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What does MRS CENT G stand for?   Mechanical, Radiant, Sound, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear, Thermal, Gravitational  
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What two things does Potential Energy depend on?   Height and Weight  
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The ____________ and _____________ the object is, the more PE it has.   Higher and more weight  
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What two things does Kinetic energy depends on?   Speed and Mass  
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