CHEM 6A Study Guide - Final Guide: Kinetic Energy

• School: UCSD
• Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Course: CHEM 6A
• Professor: Kaitlin Mallory Fisher

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Kinetic energy: moving object possess this bc of its motion. Potential: energy stored in an object on account of its position in a field of force. As you throw a ball, the moment its released from your hand, all energy it contains is kinetic. As it travels upwards, the kinetic energy is decreasing while the potential energy is increasing, and tops out at the apex (where all energy in object is potential). As it falls, it loses potential energy while gaining kinetic potential is. The ball can convert its energy, but cannot lose any energy. If a rock climber drops a 56 g carabiner from a height of.