Potential and Kinetic Energy

Multiple Choice

• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes gravitational potential energy?

• Energy an object has due to its height above the ground

• Energy an object has due to its speed

• Energy stored in food

• Energy released during combustion

Multiple Choice

Where would we expect the train to have the most Potential Energy?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of potential energy?

• An apple hanging from a tree

• An arrow being pulled back in a bow

• Food or a battery

• An apple falling from a tree

Multiple Select

Which of the following are examples of kinetic energy?

• An apple falling from a tree

• An arrow being fired from a bow

• Electricity

• An apple hanging from a tree

Multiple Choice

Where is kinetic energy the greatest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

In July 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott performed an experiment on the Moon. Scott held a feather and a hammer at the same height, and let them drop at exactly the same time. Both fell at the same rate and hit the ground at the same time.

At which time did the feather have the greatest kinetic energy?

• time 1

• time 2

• time 3

• both times 1 and 3

Open Ended

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