Potential & Kinetic Energy Part 2

Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?

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

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

• A ball sitting on the ground

• Moon viewed from the Earth

• An airplane flying 30,000 feet above the ground

• A rock sitting on top of Mt. Everest

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When energy is stored within the matter itself (for example, energy is stored in a battery)

• Elastic potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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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 motion.

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

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

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What is kinetic energy?

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

• The energy an object has due to its motion.

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

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

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Which object has the most potential energy?

• A ball resting on the ground.

• A ball being thrown at 100 miles per hour

• A ball on top of a refrigerator.

• A ball resting on the edge of a cliff.

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Why do objects at high elevations have more potential energy than objects at low elevations?

• Because the thinner air at higher elevations means objects have a greater potential to move very fast

• Because objects at high elevations are closer to the sun, which is the source of all energy on earth

• Because objects at high elevations tend to move slower than objects at low elevations

• Because gravity gives objects at high elevations the potential to fall much further

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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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As mass increases, KE ...

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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