Potential Energy

Four cars are positioned at the top of a hill. Which car has the most potential energy?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which is the best synonym for potential energy?

• Stored energy

• Energy of motion

• Energy due to gravity

• Mechanical energy

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Why do objects at high elevations have more potential energy than objects at low elevations?

• Because the thinner air at higher elevations means objects have a greater potential to move very fast

• Because objects at high elevations are closer to the sun, which is the source of all energy on earth

• Because objects at high elevations tend to move slower than objects at low elevations

• Because gravity gives objects at high elevations the potential to fall much further

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What do potential and kinetic energy have in common?

• They're both related to density.

• They're both unrelated to size.

• They're both related to volume.

• They're both related to motion.

Where would a person have to be located to have the maximum potential energy?

• up on the roof

• down in the basement

• in the middle

• outside

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The least amount of potential energy is at

• a

• b

• c

• d

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What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential

• Kinetic

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When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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__________ energy is stored energy.

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Force

• Gravity

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When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy.

• kinetic

• potential

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