Potential and Kinetic Energy

Which car will be pushed back the farthest?

• Car 1
• Car 2

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True or False: The person in the picture has a lot of potential energy?

• True
• False

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True or False: The arrow has mostly potential energy.

• True
• False

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True or False: The people at the bottom of the hill have mostly potential energy. 

• True
• False

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I have the most potential energy if I am: 

• 5 feet high
• 10 feet high
• 15 feet high
• 20 feet high

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How can I gain potential energy? (choose the best answer)

• Run a mile
• Walk up the stairs
• Climb a mountain
• Go down the stairs

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How does potential energy become kinetic energy?

• When something hot touches something cool, the potential energy in the hot object is turned into kinetic energy in the cool object
• When an outside force acts upon an object with potential energy, that force turns the potential energy into kinetic energy
• Potential energy becomes kinetic when an object remains in place and continues to build up more and more energy
• Potential energy has no relation to kinetic energy

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Kinetic and potential energy both relate to:

• Heat
• Light
• Motion
• Chemicals

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Which of the following has the most potential energy?

• A car at the top of a hill
• A car speeding down the hill
• A person at the top of a hill
• An acorn falling off a tree

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What is potential energy?

• The energy an object has due to its motion
• The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.
• The energy an object might have if it existed 
• zombies coming

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