Week 16 - Potential and Kinetic Energy

In what position do we have more Kinetic energy?

• 1

• 2

• 3

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When riding a roller coaster, you go up and down many hills. As you get to the top of a roller coaster, what energy change is taking place.

• Potential energy is changed into kinetic energy.
• Kinetic energy is changed into potential energy.
• Chemical energy is changed into heat energy.
• Heat energy is changed into chemical energy. 

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Which passenger has the most potential energy?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Complete the following sentence. The ________________ an object moves, the more ____________________ energy it has.

• slower ... potential

• faster .... kinetic

• faster ... potential

• slower ... kinetic

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Wood, batteries, gasoline, and  food are all examples of ________________________.

• gravitational potential energy
• elastic potential energy
• chemical potential energy
• None of the above

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When you compress a spring, you are storing __________ energy.

• sound

• elastic

• light

• chemical

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Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.

• true
• false

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If these are all moving at the same speed, the vehicle with the greatest KE would be

(Think about their sizes)

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Potential energy depends on the _______ and _________ of an object.

• Height and friction

• position and composition

• Height and mass

• Mass and friction

An object's gravitational potential energy store can be increased by...

• by lifting the object higher

• increasing the velocity (speed) of the object

• decreasing the size of the object

• decreasing the mass of the object

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