Gravitational Potential Energy

Gravitational Potential Energy

6th Grade

15 Qs

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Gravitational Potential Energy

Gravitational Potential Energy

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-PS3-2, MS-PS3-5, HS-PS2-4

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How can the gravitational potential energy of an object be increased?

By soaking it in water

By throwing it upwards

By weighing it on a spring scale

By raising it higher above the ground

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

At which point does the roller coaster have the greatest potential energy and why?

W, because it is the highest point

X, because it is the lowest point

W, because it has the most kinetic energy

Z, because it is moving the fastest

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

Wyatt is looking at the following diagram. Which description lists the objects and their type of potential energy correctly?

Rock (gravitational), battery (chemical), slingshot (elastic), match (chemical)

Rock (chemical), battery (chemical), slingshot (elastic), match (gravitational)

Rock (gravitational), battery (chemical), slingshot (chemical), match (elastic)

Rock (gravitational), battery (chemical), slingshot (elastic), match (gravitational)

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Aaric and Wesley were cleaning up Ms. Nobles' classroom when they accidentally knock Ms. Nobles pencil jar off her desk. When the jar was knocked off her desk, its ________________ energy was transferred to _________________ energy.

elastic potential; gravitational potential

gravitational potential; kinetic

kinetic; elastic potential

kinetic; gravitational potential

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which has more potential energy?

a bird sitting on a branch ten feet high

a bird with the same mass sitting on a branch twelve feet high

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

All objects above ground have

kinetic energy

gravitational potential energy

cooties

chemical energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A roller coaster car moving toward the top of a rise in the tracks is an example of

gravitational potential energy converting to kinetic energy

kinetic energy converting to gravitational potential energy

kinetic energy converting into chemical energy

potential energy converting into chemical energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

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