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Mo8-L1a: What are Potential and Kinetic Energy?
Potential Energy
Electric Energy
energy carried by an Potential energy is stored energy due to the
electric current interaction between objects or particles.
Objects have potential energy if they have the
potential to cause change.
Let’s Begin
Objects have gravitational potential energy if they
Energy have mass and height above Earth’s surface.
Energy inf uences everything in your life, including
the climate, the economy, and your body.
• The bicycle and the football have the same height,
but the bicycle has more gravitational potential
energy because it has greater mass.
• Although the basketballs have equal messes, the
higher basketball has more gravitational
potential energy because it has greater height.
Chemical energy is the energy stored in and released
from the bonds between atoms.
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