Electric Potential Energy

If you were to push these positive same charged particles together, do they have more or less electrical potential energy?

• more

• less

• the same as far apart

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What will happen to the potential energy of the magnets as the N and S get close?

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same

• there is none

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When charged particles in an electrostatic field have the potential of moving toward the opposite charge or away from the same charge

• Static potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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What is the unit of electric potential energy?

• Joule

• Newton

• Watt

• Volt

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Which of the following expressions represents electric potential energy?

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Electric potential energy is a form of which type of energy?

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Nuclear energy

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In a uniform electric field, the electric potential energy of a charge is directly proportional to which of the following?

• The square of the charge

• The distance from the source

• The magnitude of the charge

• The velocity of the charge

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Which of the following scenarios involves a change in electric potential energy?

• A charged particle moving in a magnetic field

• A charged particle moving in an electric field

• A neutral particle moving in a gravitational field

• A neutral particle moving in a magnetic field

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What happens to the electric potential energy when two like charges are brought closer together?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It becomes zero

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Which of the following best describes electric potential energy in a capacitor?

• Energy stored due to the separation of charges

• Energy stored due to the motion of charges

• Energy stored due to the temperature difference

• Energy stored due to the mass of the capacitor

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