Kinetic and Potential Energy

Which object will have the greatest potential energy?

• A book on the bottom shelf

• A book in the trash can

• A book on the floor

• A book on the top shelf

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At which point will a roller coaster have the greatest potential energy?

• At the top of the biggest hill

• Going down the smallest hill

• At the bottom of the hill

• At the bottom of a loop

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What is POTENTIAL energy?

• Energy that is stored, waiting to be used

• Energy that is in motion, being used

• Energy that is transformed, in motion

• Energy that is destroyed

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What is one way you change an object's potential energy?

• Change the shape of the object

• Increase the mass to make it heavier

• Change the state of matter

• Change the color of the object

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A baseball in the air, thrown from the catcher back to the pitcher.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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A roller coaster at the top of the hill about to fo down the big hill.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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A soccer player running around the soccer field.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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A sled going down a snowy hill.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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An arrow from a bow shooting through the air.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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A skier at the top of the slope about to go down the hill.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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