– the capacity to do work

– the action of a force through a distance

o   the energy associated with an object’s position or composition

o   the energy associated with the temperature of an object’s motion

o   the idea that energy is neither created nor destroyed

kinetic

because it arises from the motion of the individual atoms of molecules that make up an object

 Systems with high potential energy tend to change in ways that lower their potential energy

Objects and systems with high potential energy tend to be ___

pico