7.1 Vocabulary

Energy can be created.

• True
• False

Energy cannot be destroyed.

• True 
• False

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When something is dropped, what type of energy transfer takes place?

• Kinetic -> Potential
• Gravitational Potential -> Kinetic -> Sound
• Electrical -> Chemical
• Heat -> Nuclear

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Imagine dropping a basketball. When would it have the most gravitational potential energy?

• When it is closest to the ground
• When it is at the highest point
• When it is halfway down
• It has the same amount of gravitational PE at all points

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What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• a. a car parked on a steep hill 
• b. a tennis ball rolling across the court
• c. a picture hanging on the wall 
• d. a piece of coal before it's burned 

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Static electricity is:

• electricity flowing in a wire
• the buildup of electric charges on an object
• when protons move between objects

Two objects with LIKE static charges will

• attract each other
• even out in the end
• repel each other
• cause a spark

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Which is an example of static dischage?

• a motor
• lightning
• thunder
• insulators