Understanding Potential and Kinetic Energy Quiz

Potential Energy is referred to as ___________ energy.

• Stored

• Mechanical

• Motion

• Kinetic

When potential is decreased, what happens to kinetic energy?

• It stays the same

• It decreases

• It increases

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An object has more potential energy,

• the higher it is off the ground or in the air

• the closer it is to the ground

• the faster the object is moving

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How can you increase the amount of potential energy in a rubber band?

• Drop it

• Stomp on it

• Pull it back (stretch it)

Kinetic energy is energy _________

• stored

• physics

• in motion

• greenhouse

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A roller coaster would have the greatest amount of potential energy at ___________

• the bottom of the tallest hill

• the top of the tallest hill

• the top of the shortest hill

• the bottom of the shortest hill

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Energy possessed by an object due to its motion or stored energy of position is

• mechanical energy
• chemical energy
• nuclear energy
• thermal energy

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Potential Energy is affected by (select all that are correct)

• position

• shape

• mass

• color

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Kinetic energy is affected by (select all that are correct)

• mass

• speed

• color

• shape

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The law of conservation of energy states

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
• Energy can be destroyed but not created.
• Energy is always lost in transformations.
• Energy can be created from nothing.

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