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It has potential energy but when it is in movement it will possess kinetic energy

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Depends. Is it moving or not?

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Q: Is a rock potential or kinetic energy?
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Why is a rock on the top of a hill kinetic energy?

A rock on top of a hill has potential energy, not kinetic energy. If it starts rolling down the hill then the potential energy transforms to kinetic energy.


Is a falling rock a kinetic reaction?

There is no such thing as a kinetic reaction. Any moving body has kinetic energy. When a rock falls, its gravitational potential energy is transformed to kinetic energy.


How can you tell kinetic energey and potential energy apart?

Potential energy is energy that is soon to become kinetic energy.Say there is a rock on the top of a hill.That is potential energy.When it falls it becomes kinetic energy.


Does a rock on the edge of a cliff contain kinetic energy?

No, because kinetic energy is the energy and object possesses because of its motion and its mass. Potential energy is the energy stored and held in readiness in an object. The rock has to be moving to have kinetic energy, but since the rock is just sitting on the edge of a cliff, it doesn't have kinetic, it has potential.


What is an example when potiential energy turns into kinetic energy?

Potential energy is mgh Kinetic energy is .5mv^2 1 ex is a huge rock The rock has potential energy but when it falls the PE turns to Kinetic energy As one decreases the other increases


When a rock falls from a cliff potential energy changes into?

kinetic energy


What is energy from potenttial energy kinetic energy would be what?

A falling rock. In the air it has potential energy, as it falls it gets kinetic energy.


What form of energy is a falling rock?

That is a trick question, but I believe it is kinetic energy.


Does a rock have potential energy?

Yes rocks do have potential energy. Potential energy is defined as energy stored within a physical system. It is called potential because it has the potential to be converted into other forms of energy, such as kinetic energy which can do work in the process. This means that a rock can have potential energy as simple as, a rock held at an elevation. If dropped it's potential energy is then being converted to kinetic energy.


What is an example of how potential energy can transform into kinetic energy?

A rock falling of a cliff.


What happen to kinetic energy of the rock as it gets higher and higher?

Unless the speed of the rock changes, the kinetic energy does not change. If you are talking about a rock that is being thrown, of course the kinetic energy decreases as kinetic energy is converted into potential by the conservative gravitational force.


What are the two types of mechanical energy?

Potential energy and kinetic energy. mechanical energy is the energy of motion(kinetic energy)or the potential of motion(potential energy) so i would say-kinetic and potential energy