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What is energy? |
Ability to do work |
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What is the metric unit for energy? |
Joule |
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What is kinetic energy? |
Energy of movement |
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What is potential energy? |
Stored energy |
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What is gravitational potential energy? |
stored energy due to height of object |
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What type of energy does a roller coaster have at the top of the highest hill? |
Potential energy |
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What happens to an object's potential energy after it is dropped? |
Decreases |
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How can you increase an objects gravitational potential energy? |
increase height of object |
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What two variables do we use in the kinetic energy formula? |
Mass and velocity |
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What three variables do we use in the potential energy formula? |
MGH |
