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Scientists have organized all forms of energy into two types—kinetic and potential. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, and potential energy is stored energy. At the top of its swing, does the pendulum have kinetic or potential energy?

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Answer: At the top of a pendulum's swing, the ball is no longer moving (at that very specific point of time). All of its kinetic energy has been converted to potential energy (or more specifically in this instance, gravitational potential energy).

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