Potential Energy

Potential Energy

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What is the ability to do work or cause change?

• force

• motion

• energy

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What is the unit of measurement for energy?

• Newtons

• meters/ second

• Joules

• grams/ milliliter

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True or false? Energy can be created.

• true

• false

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True or false? Energy cannot be destroyed.

• true

• false

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Potential energy is...

• stored energy

• energy of position

• either stored energy or energy of position

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Can all objects have potential energy?

• yes

• no

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What form of potential energy is stored in objects by tension (either stretch or compression)?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is stored in the chemical bonds of atoms?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is the energy of position or place?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is stored in the nucleus of an atom?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is dependent on the height and mass of the object?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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Batteries, biomass, petroleum, natural gas, and food contain what form of potential energy?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What is also known as elastic energy?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is stored when a rubber band is stretched or a spring is compressed?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is stored in a glass of milk?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear

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What form of potential energy is stored at the top of a slide?

• mechanical

• chemical

• gravitational

• nuclear