Kinetic and Potential Energy Review

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Which has more potential energy: a helicopter hovering high in the air or a helicopter falling quickly?

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Hovering helicopter

Front

What type of energy does a soccer ball rolling on the ground have?

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Kinetic Energy

Front

What type of energy does a person standing at the top of a ladder have?

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Gravitational Potential

Front

Conservation of energy means that

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energy can be neither created nor destroyed

Front

Kinetic energy can be described as

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energy in motion

Front

Which is the best example of an object with only potential energy? Options: water being poured out of a pitcher, a ball being thrown across a field, a boulder resting on top of a cliff, a boat sailing through the water.

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a boulder resting on top of a cliff

Front

As a boulder rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom, how does its potential and kinetic energy change?

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Potential energy decreases and kinetic energy increases.

Front

At which point in the roller coaster's journey is its potential energy the greatest? Options: W, X, Y, Z

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Z

Front

What is it called when one type of energy changes to another type of energy?

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energy transformation

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What is it called when one type of energy moves from one object to another?

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Energy transfer