Electric and Magnetic Potential Energy

What will happen to the potential energy of the magnets as the N and S get close?

• increase
• decrease
• stay the same
• there is none

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What happens to the magnetic potential energy when the same poles are far apart?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What will happen to the magnetic potential energy of the magnets when the N and N get close?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Which of these magnet pairs has the MOST magnetic potential energy?

• the N/S at the top because they are close
• the S/S at the bottom because they are close
• they both have the same amount

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

If these two magnets with opposite poles are far apart, what happens to their potential energy?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

When these opposite charges get closer, what happens to their electrical potential energy?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is the electrical potential energy like when these same charges are far apart?

• high
• low
• the same as when they are close

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NGSS.MS-PS2-3

These opposite charges are far apart. What happens to the electrical potential energy when opposite charges are far apart?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

If you were to push these positive same charged particles together, do they have more or less electrical potential energy?

• more
• less
• the same as far apart

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2