State whether the following objects posses kinetic energy, potential energy, or both :

(a) A man climbing a hill

(b) A flying aeroplan

(c) A bird running on the ground

(d) A ceiling fan in the off position

(e) A stretched spring lying on the ground.

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Solution

(a) Both kinetic energy and potential energy

(b) Both kinetic energy and potential energy

(c) Only kinetic energy

(d) Only potential energy

(e) Only potential energy (rather elastic potential energy).

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