Post-Lab: Paper Coaster

A roller coaster cart would have the greatest kinetic energy ______.

• at the top of the highest hill

• at the bottom of the highest hill

• as it makes a banked turn

• as it completes a loop

What is kinetic energy?

• Stored energy

• Moving energy

• Potential energy

• All of the above

A(n) ________ in mass results in a(n) _________ in kinetic energy.

• Increase, increase

• Increase, decrease

• decrease, increase

When a ball rolls down hill, its potential energy _____________ and its kinetic energy ______________.

• increases, increases

• increases, decreases

• decreases, decreases

• decreases, increases

At which point is potential energy greatest?

• a

• b

• c

• d

What kind of energy is represented in this picture?

• Thermal

• Potential

• Nuclear

• Mechanical

What kind of energy does this device use?

• Chemical

• Electrical

• Thermal

• Chemical

What kind of energy is represented in the picture?

• Thermal

• Chemical

• Sound

• Nuclear

The glow sticks produce light for a short amount of time. The light from the glow stick is a conversion from what to what?

• thermal to light

• gravitational to potential

• radiant to electrical

• chemical to light

Energy that is stored in bonds between atoms is:

• Mechanical energy

• Chemical energy

• Kinetic energy

• Nuclear energy