Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy

What is energy?

• Something that takes up space.

• The ability to make something move or change.

• Anything that has mass.

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What is potential energy?

• The energy an object has due to its position or condition.

• The energy an object has due to its chemical composition.

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

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Select all of the objects that have potential energy. (You may click more than one answer!)

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__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential
• Kinetic
• None of the above 
• All of the above 

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When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy. 

• kinetic 
• potential
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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

• Potential
• Kinetic
• Both potential and kinetic energy
• none of the above

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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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What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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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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