Potential & Kinetic Energy

____________ is the ability to do work or cause change.

• Energy

• Force

• Friction

• Motion

Energy in motion is ____________ energy.

• Potential

• Energy

• Kinetic

• Friction

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__________ energy is stored energy.

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Force

• Gravity

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Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

• Position (height) and mass

• Friction and movement

• Mass and Movement

• Height and Friction

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Which is the best example of an object having kinetic energy?

• a car parked on a steep hill

• a tennis ball rolling across the court

• a picture hanging on the wall

• a piece of coal before it's burned

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When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy greatest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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What is happening to the potential energy between position 1 to 3?

• Decreasing

• Increasing

• Stays the same

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What are the two factors that affect kinetic energy?

• time and energy

• power and mass

• mass and speed

• time and work

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Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy decreasing as the gravitational potential energy increases?

• a person parachuting out of a plane

• a car racing around an oval track

• a person skiing down a hill

• a person walking up a hill

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Which is an example of potential energy?

• a roller coaster speeding down a hill

• the pulled back string on an archers's bow

• releasing the strings on a guitar

• an electric current lighting a light bulb

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