Potential and Kinetic Energy Concepts

1. What is potential energy?

• A. Energy that is moving
  

• B. Stored energy that an object has because of its position
  

• C. Energy from food
  

• D. Energy that cannot change

2. When does a roller coaster have the most potential energy?

• A. At the top of a hill
  

• B. At the bottom of a hill
  

• C. When it is moving fastest
  

• D. When it is going in a loop

3. What is kinetic energy?

• A. Energy stored in an object
  

• B. Energy from the sun
  

• C. Energy of motion
  

• D. Energy that doesn’t change

4. A ball is sitting at the top of a ramp. What kind of energy does it have?

• A. Kinetic energy
  

• B. Potential energy
  

• C. Heat energy
  

• D. Electric energy

5. When does a ball have the most kinetic energy?

• A. When it is at rest
  

• B. When it is rolling down the hill
  

• C. When it is at the top of the hill
  

• D. When it is not moving

6. Which of the following is an example of potential energy?

• A. A car driving down the street
  

• B. A book sitting on a high shelf
  

• C. A bird flying in the air
  

• D. A soccer ball being kicked

7. What happens to potential energy as an object starts moving?

• A. It turns into heat energy
  

• B. It increases
  

• C. It turns into kinetic energy
  

• D. It disappears

8. Which of these is an example of kinetic energy?

• A. A stretched rubber band
  

• B. A roller coaster going down a hill
  

• C. A rock sitting on the ground
  

• D. A flashlight turned off

9. If you lift a backpack higher off the ground, what happens to its potential energy?

• A. It increases
  

• B. It decreases
  

• C. It stays the same
  

• D. It disappears

10. Why does a roller coaster move faster at the bottom of a hill?

• A. The potential energy increases
  

• B. The kinetic energy increases
  

• C. The height increases
  

• D. It loses energy