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Does a piece of paper have energy?

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Yes, it is made of plant fibres (cellulose which is a sugar polymer) so it has chemical energy which will be released as heat if it is burned.

It also has mass and that mass harbours potential energy in any gravitational field. If it falls towards the ground for any distance this potential energy will be converted into kinetic energy, the energy of mass in motion.

It will also have a temperature (the micro kinetic energy of the vibration of its component atoms and molecules).

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Sure. Depending on its position, it can have gravitational potential energy; if it's moving it has kinetic energy; and even without all this, it has chemical energy. This is obvious by the fact that you can burn the paper (releasing heat energy).

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