Energy Unit: 5

The diagram shows a cart moving freely along a track. What happens to the energy of the cart as it moves from point A to point B on the diagram?

• Potential energy is transformed to kinetic energy.

• Kinetic energy is transformed to potential energy.

• Both potential energy and kinetic energy stay the same.

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Which diagram models the position of a soccer ball when it has the greatest amount of gravitational potential energy?

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Which term describes the energy that is stored due to the height of an object above the ground?

• kinetic energy

• chemical energy

• mechanical energy

• gravitational potential energy

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Which of these has kinetic energy?

• a book sitting on a shelf

• hat and gloves on a table

• cars parked in a parking lot

• a child kicking a soccer ball

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Which of these has elastic potential energy?

• a vase sitting on a shelf

• a stretched rubber band

• a child moving down a slide

• sugars stored in the molecules of food

A hockey player uses her stick to hit a hockey puck. Which statement describes the overall energy transfer?

• Energy is transferred from the stick to the puck.

• Energy is transferred from the player to the puck.

• Energy is transferred from the puck to the player.

• Energy is transferred from the stick to the player.

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According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy cannot be _________ or ____________. 

• destroyed, destroyed
• created, saved
• created, destroyed
• lost, found

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The roller coaster cart has the most kinetic energy at position-

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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When a roller coaster is at the top of a hill it has

• high potential energy

• high kinetic energy

• low potential energy

• equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

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What is potential energy?

• energy stored in objects not in motion

• energy stored in objects in motion

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