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2. What happens in

terms of energy
when you hold a
craft stick and bend
it slightly?

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Answer:

In a similar way a wooden tongue-depressor stick (like the kind used at the doctor's office) stores elastic potential energy when you bend it (though not if you break it). ... The elastic potential energy that was stored in the stick is transformed into movement, called kinetic energy.

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