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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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At which position does the child on the swing have the most gravitational potential energy?

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These opposite charges are far apart. What happens to the electrical potential energy when opposite charges are far apart?

• increases
• decreases
• stays the same

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The roller coaster cart has the most gravitational potential energy at position

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Where is potential energy at its minimum?

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Rocks A and B are located at the same height on top of a hill. The mass of rock A is twice the mass of rock B. How does the potential energy of rock B compare to that of rock A?

• Rock B has the same potential energy as rock A.

• Rock B has twice the potential energy of rock A.

• Rock B has one-half the potential energy of rock A.

• Rock B has one-quarter the potential energy of rock A.

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Elastic potential energy is energy stored in an object, such as a spring, due to the object being stretched or compressed. In which position is it most likely that the spring has lost its elastic potential energy?

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The energy used to move a magnet _____________ a magnetic force is stored as ____________ energy in the magnetic field. 

• with, potential

• with, kinetic

• against, kinetic

• against, potential

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

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A girl is swinging and she is at her highest point of the swing.

• Kinetic

• Potential

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