Potential and Kinetic Energy Review

When would the skateboarder have the most potential energy?

• While rolling down the ramp

• While moving up the ramp

• At the bottom of the ramp

• At the top of the ramp

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Investigating which of the following questions would involve kinetic energy?

• What is the effect of a boat’s shape on its speed?

• Do boats float higher in salt or fresh water?

• How does the color of a boat affect heat absorption?

• What material makes the strongest boat?

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The pendulum is released from Position 1. At which two positions will the pendulum’s potential equal its kinetic energy?

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 4

• 3 and 4

• 4 and 5

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Students conducted an experiment by stretching the same rubber band to various lengths, releasing it, and measuring how far it traveled. Based on the chart, what conclusion can be drawn?

• The more mass that a rubber band has, the more difficult it is to move.

• The shorter the length of a rubber band, the less energy can be stored it it.

• The more potential energy put into a rubber band, the more kinetic energy released.

• The farther a rubber band travels, the less it can be stretched later on.

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A book is sitting on a table. Which of the following actions would add to its potential energy?

• Sliding it across the table

• Opening it to the middle

• Dropping it on the floor

• Lifting it to a high shelf

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Which of the following examples best demonstrates kinetic energy?

• A brick lying on the ground

• A kite flying across the sky

• A television sitting on a table

• A curtain hanging in the window

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An airplane is demonstrating a conversion of kinetic to potential energy when –

• it ascends to a higher altitude

• more passengers board the plane

• it moves downward to make a landing

• the wheels spin as it moves on the ground

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At which positions of the pendulum would have the most potential energy?

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 1 and 5

• 4 and 5

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A snowball sits at the top of the hill. Which of the following changes will increase the kinetic energy of the snowball?

• Additional snow falls on the snowball, increasing its mass.

• The snowball is pushed and rolls down the hill, gaining speed.

• The weather warms and the snowball melts, decreasing its mass.

• The snowball is moved and now sits on a hill that is higher.

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Stored energy due to an object’s position

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Transformation

• Untransformation

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