Potential and Kinetic Energy

Which of the following has the most potential energy?

• A car at the top of a hill
• A car speeding down the hill
• A person at the top of a hill
• An acorn falling off a tree

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Kinetic and potential energy both relate to:

• Heat
• Light
• Motion
• Chemicals

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What is an example of kinetic energy at work?

• A ball lodged in a tree
• A frisbee flying through the air
• A car in the garage
• a booger in the nose

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What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A car driving down a hill
• A person running down a hill
• A  ball rolling down a hill
• A bowl of cereal on the table

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

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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Explain what happens to the potential energy of a rock as it falls off the side of a cliff.

• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy increases.
• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy decreases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy decreases. 

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At which point of the roller coaster is potential energy the greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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What is energy?

• Something that takes up space.

• The ability to make something move or change.

• Anything that has mass.

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