Elastic Potential Energy

Where would a person have to be located to have the maximum gravitational potential energy?

• up on the roof
• down in the basement
• in the middle
• outside

Where would a person have to be located to have the minimum gravitational potential energy?

• up on the roof
• down in the basement
• in the middle
• outside

This kid is using a slingshot. Does the slingshot have max or min elastic potential energy?

• max
• min
• no elastic potential energy

This spring has been compressed. What happened to its elastic potential energy?

• more elastic potential energy
• less elastic potential energy
• the same amount of elastic potential energy

One spring is compressed. Another is stretched. What happened to the elastic potential energy?

• Only the compressed one increased.
• Only the stretched increased.
• They both increased.
• They both decreased.

Which object has more gravitational potential energy?

• the watch
• the pen
• the camera
• the mug

What will these objects do?

• nothing
• attract
• repel

What must be true about the balls if their gravitational potential energy is the SAME?

• The baseball must have more mass.
• The bowling ball must have more mass.
• They have the same amount of mass.
• The mass doesn't matter.

Which factor affects gravitational, elastic, magnetic, and electrical potential energy?

• mass
• charge
• pole
• distance