More Energy Practice

Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?

• elastic potential energy
• kinetic energy
• radiant energy
• sound energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Elastic potential energy is energy stored in an object, such as a spring, due to the object being stretched or compressed. In which position is it most likely that the spring has lost its elastic potential energy?

• W

• Y

• X

• Z

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Energy stored because of gravity is called:

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Mechanical Advantage

• Chemical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

At which point does the ball has the greatest gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

• A

• G

• D

• C

• G

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which would have the LEAST gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

• A ball sitting on the ground

• A dog about to jump out of a car.

• An airplane flying 30,000 feet above the ground

• A rock sitting on top of Mt. Everest

How could you increase the gravitational potential energy of an object without changing its mass and gravity?

• Make the object larger

• Lower the object towards the ground

• Raise the object farther off the ground

• Allow the object to roll on the ground

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

____________ is the ability to do work.

• Energy

• Force

• Friction

• Motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What is the gravitational potential energy (GPE) of a 1 kilogram book that is 1 meter above the ground?

g = 10 m/s²

• 10 Joules

• 1.0 Joule

• 0.10 Joule

• 20 m/s²

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

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

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5