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Potential and Kinetic Energy

Potential Energy • Stored Energy • Not in motion • Depends on mass and height • Everything can have potential energy

The canon ball had potential energy before it is blasted out of the canon.

Potential to Kinetic • Potential energy turns into kinetic energy when a force acts on the object. • A force is: gravity, a push, a pull, etc.

Kinetic to Potential • Kinetic energy turns into potential energy when a force acts upon the object causes the object to rest. • A force is: the bottom of a hill, a wall, the ground, etc.

Kinetic Energy • Energy in motion • Everything has kinetic energy • KE=1/2mass x speed2

This missile achieved kinetic energy after it was blasted off.