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Is boiling water in a kettle on a stove kinetic or potential energy?

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Boiling a kettle is an example of both thermal and kinetic energy. Thermal energy comes from a substance whose molecules and atoms are vibrating faster due to a rise in temperature. Heat energy is another name for thermal energy. Kinetic energy is the energy of a moving object.

it's kinetic!

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