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__________is the ability to cause change.
Energy
is energy of motion
Kinetic Energy
energy based on the position of an object
Potential Energy
Energy an object has due to its position relative to Earth's surface
Gravitational Potential Energy
You place a book on a high shelf. What type of energy does the book have on the high shelf?
gravitational potential energy
What type of energy does a racehorse have when it is running around the track?
Kinetic
What type of energy does a vibrating hydrogen atom have
Kinetic
What type of energy does a baseball have when it is in the pitchers hand?
Potential Energy
What type of energy does electricity moving through a wire have?
Kinetic
What type of energy does a car have when it is sitting at the top of a hill?
Potential
where does a roller coaster have the highest potential energy?
The top of the track.
When does a rollercoaster have the highest kinetic energy?
moving down the hill
In gravitational energy, if we decrease the mass or height of an object what happens to the energy?
it decreases
in gravitational energy, we increase ______ or ______ of an object to increase it's energy.
Mass or Height
In your virtual lab, which ramp did you have to increase the angle to increase the speed?
the left/drop ramp.
Why does the ball stop and then start moving again?
tell me in your words: the ball stopped when it hit the ground (potential energy) and started moving again because it still had kinetic energy.