Potential and Kinetic Energy

What is energy?

• The ability to do work or create change

• Movement and motion

• Heat and motion

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What is potential energy?

• The energy of motion

• Stored energy

• Atomic energy

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What is kinetic energy?

• The energy of motion

• Stored energy

• Heat energy

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A moving object always has...

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

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If an object is not moving, it has...

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

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Who has more potential energy, a skier on top of a hill or a skier half way down the hill?

• The skier on top of the hill.

• The skier halfway down the hill.

• They both have the same potential energy.

• Neither one has potential energy.

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Which spring has the most potential energy?

• A spring all the way released.

• A spring released just a little.

• A spring halfway released.

• A spring all the way compressed.

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Which best describes what is happening when a moving car comes to a stop?

• The car's kinetic energy is increasing and its potential energy is increasing.

• The car's kinetic energy is decreasing and its potential energy is increasing.

• The car's kinetic energy is decreasing and its potential energy is decreasing.

• The car's kinetic energy is increasing and its potential energy is decreasing.

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Which one of the following situations involves potential energy changing into kinetic energy?

• A moving ball being caught.

• An airplane taking off from an airport.

• A child kicking a ball that is standing still.

• A car coming to a stop.

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Which is an example of kinetic energy?

• a parked car

• a car racing on the track

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