Understanding Potential and Kinetic Energy

What type of energy is stored in an object due to its position above the ground?

• Gravitational potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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Which of the following is an example of elastic potential energy?

• A book on a shelf

• A moving car

• A pulled back bow string

• A burning fire

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What happens to gravitational potential energy when a book falls from a shelf?

• It is converted into kinetic energy

• It remains as potential energy

• It is converted into chemical energy

• It disappears

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How does your body use the chemical potential energy from food?

• It converts it into kinetic energy for movement

• It stores it as gravitational potential energy

• It releases it as heat and light

• It converts it into elastic potential energy

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Where would you find the most gravitational potential energy in the picture?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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