Lesson: Chapter 18 — Work, Energy and Power

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Question 1

An object possesses kinetic energy…

A because of its motion B because of its shape C because of its height above the ground D because of its temperature

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…because of its motion. Kinetic energy is the energy an object possesses because it is moving, and it exists only while the object is moving.

Bringing something to rest and taking away all of its kinetic energy are the same event described twice.

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