potential vs kinetic energy

What is potential energy?

• The amount of energy an object could have if it tried hard enough.

• Moving energy

• Stored energy

• Active energy

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What is kinetic energy?

• Stored energy

• Moving energy

• Potential energy

• All of the above

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When a ball rolls down hill, its potential energy _____________ and its kinetic energy ______________.

• increases, increases

• increases, decreases

• decreases, decreases

• decreases, increases

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When Kinetic Energy is High then Potential Energy is _______

• High

• Low

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When Potential Energy is High then Kinetic Energy is _______

• High

• Low

What is the energy due to motion?

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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What do you measure Kinetic Energy in?

• grams

• meters

• meters/second²

• Joules

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True or False: The Law of Conservation of Energy says that energy cannot be created or destroyed it can only change forms.

• True

• False

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True or False: The equation for Kinetic energy is KE=1⁄2mv²

• True

• False

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An object that is moving right now has...

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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