Gravitational Potential Energy
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6th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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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
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
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
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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
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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
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NGSS.MS-PS3-4
NGSS.MS-PS3-5
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