Energy

What is energy?

• moving energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

• The ability to do work.

What is potential energy?

• moving energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

• non renewable energy

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What is kinetic energy?

• moving energy

• potential energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

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On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?

• At the bottom of a big hill
• When going around a corner
• When going upside down
• At the top of a big hill

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According to the Law of Conservation of Energy...

• energy changes form
• energy can be created and destroyed
• energy flows from one material to the next
• energy cannot be created or destroyed

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What type of energy does a rock have when it is sitting at the edge of a cliff.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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

• Both the potential energy and kinetic energy decrease
• The potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases 
• The kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases 
• Bothe the potential energy and kinetic energy increase 

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The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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What is happening to the energy of the girl from point A to point B

• kinetic changes to potential
• potential changes to kinetic
• energy is lost
• energy is gained

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Why can't the skater reach the same point where he was released when he goes up the other side of the ramp?

• because he is heavy
• because his mass is slowing him down
• because he gets tired
• because friction is slowing him down

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