Energy Transformation Quiz

What is potential energy?

• Energy resulting from an object's color

• Energy stored in an object due to its position or shape

• Energy due to an object's motion

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What is an example of potential energy?

• A stretched rubber band

• A bird flying through the air

• A cart moving down a hill

• A falling raindrop

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What is gravitational potential energy (GPE) dependent on?

• Height and mass

• changing the shape

• Color and texture

• Mass and speed

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What is elastic potential energy resulting from?

• Changing the texture of an object

• Changing the shape of an object

• Changing the motion of an object

• Changing the color of an object

What does kinetic energy depend on?

• mass and speed

• mass and height

• gravity

• changing the shape

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What happens to potential energy as an object gains height?

• It decreases

• It increases

• It remains constant

• It transforms into kinetic energy

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What happens to kinetic energy as an object gains speed?

• It transforms into potential energy

• It increases

• It remains constant

• It decreases

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What is an example of kinetic energy?

• A roller coaster moving down a hill

• A basketball sitting on the rim about to fall in

• A stretched rubber band

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What happens to kinetic energy as an object loses speed?

• It remains constant

• It transforms into potential energy

• It increases

• It decreases

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What happens to potential energy as an object loses height?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains constant

• It transforms into kinetic energy