Which has more potential energy helicopter hovering high in the air or a helicopter falling quickly

• Hovering helicopter

• Fast falling helicopter

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What type of energy does a soccer ball rolling on the ground have?

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

• Just plain energy

• No Energy

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What type of energy does a person standing at the top of a ladder have?

• Kinetic Energy

• Gravitational Potential

• Elastic Potential

• Chemical Potential

• No Energy

Conservation of energy means that

• energy can be created but not destroyed

• energy can be destroyed but not created

• energy can be both created and destroyed

• energy can be neither created nor destroyed

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Kinetic energy can be described as

• energy in motion

• stored energy

• a chemical reaction

• connected energy

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Which is the best example of an object with only potential energy?

• water being poured out of a pitcher

• a ball being thrown across a field

• a boulder resting on top of a cliff

• a boat sailing through the water

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As a boulder rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom, how does its potential and kinetic energy change?

• Potential and kinetic energy both increase.

• Potential energy increases and kinetic energy decreases.

• Potential energy decreases and kinetic energy increases.

• Potential and kinetic energy both increase.

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The illustration shows a roller coaster and indicates four different positions the car might be at as it moves along the track.

At which point in the roller coaster's journey is its potential energy the greatest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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What is it called when one type of energy changes to another type of energy?

• Energy transfer

• a Joule

• energy transformation

• total energy

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What is it called when one type of energy moves from one object to another ?

• Energy transfer

• a Joule

• energy transformation

• total energy

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