The picture above shows an aluminum box being pushed into a loading spring. Which of the pictures contains the most elastic potential energy? 

• Picture 1
• Picture 2
• Picture 3
• Picture 4

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An energy transformation occurs when

• one form of energy changes to another form of energy in the same object
• the form of energy remains the same type but is moved from one object to another
• matter transforms to make energy in nuclear reactions
• energy is created or destroyed during a chemical reaction 

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A spring in a pinball machine before it is released

• Kinetic 
• Potential 

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A baby carriage sitting at the top of the hill

• Kinetic 
• Potential 

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What two factors determine the amount of potential energy an object has

• speed and mass
• speed and position
• mass and position
• temperature and mass

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Energy cannot be created or destroyed in any reaction. This law is known as......

• Energy Transfer 
• Energy Transformation 
• Conservation of Energy 
• Gravitational Limits 

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Digestion of food and batteries are an example of which type of energy?

• electrical 
• chemical
• kinetic 
• heat

Wood burning in a fireplace produces which kind of energy as the end result?

• solar
• mechanical 
• heat
• chemical 

Heat is sometime a result of fiction. Friction turns what type of energy into heat?

• mechanical 
• solar
• heat
• electrical 

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The stored energy in batteries is an example of what type of energy?

• mechanical
• light
• solar
• chemical

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