TCAP REVIEW: 10.2 Potential vs Kinetic Energy

10.1 Which point has the greatest potential energy (GPE)?

• A
• G
• D
• C

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10.1 Which would have the GREATEST gravitational potential energy?

• A 2,000 lb cow in a ditch
• A 2,000 lb cow on a horse
• A 2,000 lb cow on a house
• A 2,000 lb cow on a radio tower

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10.1 Which would have the greatest gravitational potential energy?

• A 4lb rat on a school desk
• A 45lb dog in an oak tree
• A 14 pound platypus on a swing
• A 45lb child on a bike

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10.1 What type of energy is being converted into kinetic energy as a marble falls from a shelf?

• electrical potential energy
• gravitational potential energy
• elastic potential energy
• chemical potential energy

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10.2 Look at the diagram. Which point does the ball have the maximum potential energy?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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10.2 Look at the diagram. At which point does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy?

• B
• C
• D
• E

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10.2 When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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10.2 As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy? 

• The PE and KE increase and decrease together
• The PE decreases while the KE increases 
• Impossible to know without knowing the mass  
• The PE increases while the KE decreases

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10.2 Where is potential energy converting to kinetic energy

• D-G
• C-F
• A-D
• A-G

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10.2 When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

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