Potential Energy Review

Where would a person have to be located to have the maximum gravitational potential energy?

• up on the roof
• down in the basement
• in the middle
• outside

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Where would a person have to be located to have the minimum gravitational potential energy?

• up on the roof
• down in the basement
• in the middle
• outside

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This kid is using a slingshot. Does the slingshot have max or min elastic potential energy?

• max
• min
• no elastic potential energy

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This spring has been compressed. What happened to its elastic potential energy?

• more elastic potential energy
• less elastic potential energy
• the same amount of elastic potential energy

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One spring is compressed. Another is stretched. What happened to the elastic potential energy?

• Only the compressed one increased.
• Only the stretched increased.
• They both increased.
• They both decreased.

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Which object has more gravitational potential energy?

• the watch
• the pen
• the camera
• the mug

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From picture 1 to picture 2, what happened to the amount of magnetic potential energy?

• It stayed the same.
• It increased.
• It decreased.

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If you want to increase the amount of magnetic potential energy in #2, what would you do?

• move them closer
• move them apart
• keep them there

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What will these objects do?

• nothing
• attract
• repel

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The production of thermal energy is a good indication that what kind of energy was used?

• elastic potential
• magnetic potential
• gravitational potential
• chemical potential

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