PS2 Lessons 1-4 Test Prep Quizs

Which type of energy conversion occurs when a spring is compressed and then released?

• Chemical to elastic

• Elastic to kinetic

• Kinetic to gravitational

• Gravitational to kinetic

What type of diagram does the image represent?

• Energy Conversion Diagram

• Energy Transfer Diagram

• Pendulum Diagram

• Moon Phases

True or False: A pendulum swings faster in the middle.

• True

• False

What happens to the potential energy of a pendulum at its highest point?

• It is at its minimum.

• It is equal to kinetic energy.

• It is zero.

• It is at its maximum.

True or False: A ball loses thermal energy when it bounces off the ground.

• True

• False

1. As an object falls, what happens to its gravitational energy?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Need more information.

A girl throws a ball up into the air and watches it fall back down to the ground. At what point does the ball have the most gravitational potential energy?

• A

• B

• C

• The ball has the same GPE at all points.

Which type of energy is primarily involved when a book is placed on a shelf?

• Elastic

• Gravitational

• Chemical

• Kinetic

What does an energy transfer diagram show us?

• How energy transfers from one object to a different one.

• How energy transforms within an object.

• How an object moves.

• How much mass an object has.

True or False: When a pendulum swings, gravitational energy converts into kinetic.

• True

• False