Potential and Kinetic Energy

Kinetic and Potential Energy

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Kinetic Energy

• Energy in Motion

• Has an inverse relationship with Potential Energy

Potential Energy

• Energy at Rest

• Has Inverse relationship with Kinetic Energy

Multiple Choice

Kinetic or Potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Throwing a ball.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Kinetic or potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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An airplane flying.

• Kinetic

• Potential

Multiple Choice

Kinetic or potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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A rock at the top of a hill.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Kinetic or potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Someone jogging on a path.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Kinetic or potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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A thick stretched rubber band.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Kinetic or potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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An orange hanging from a tree.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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Kinetic or potential?

• Kinetic

• Potential

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A book on top of a shelf.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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__________ energy is the energy of motion.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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Increasing an object's speed will increase its kinetic energy.

• false

• true

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Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• a car parked on a steep hill

• a tennis ball rolling across the court

• a picture hanging on the wall

• a piece of coal before it's burned

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The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

• more

• less

• none of the above

• all of the above

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What is kinetic energy?

• When an object is in motion
• When an object is not in motion
• all of the above
• none of the above

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Why did the potential energy of the box increase?

• The box was moved to a higher position.

• The box produced potential energy.

• The box lost mass.

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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When you stretch a rubber band you give it ___.

• potential energy
• chemical energy
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy

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Suppose a juggler is juggling bowling pins. At the bowling pin's highest point, what form of energy does it have?

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• no potential or kinetic energy

• equal amounts of both

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What type of energy does the roller coaster have when traveling downward?

• Kinetic
• Chemical
• Electrical
• Potential

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What type of energy does this roller coaster car have at this moment?

• Potential
• Chemical
• Kinetic
• Nuclear