Quiz: The Potential For Speed

Chapter 1
What type of energy is described as the energy of motion?

• • Kinetic energy

• • Potential energy

• • Chemical energy

• • Elastic energy

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What is potential energy?

• • Energy in motion

• • Stored energy

• • Energy from food

• • Energy from the sun

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How can energy be converted in extreme sports?

• • From chemical to nuclear energy

• • From kinetic to potential energy and vice versa

• • From thermal to chemical energy

• • Energy cannot be converted

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Chapter 1
What does a force do in the context of energy?

• • Creates energy from nothing

• • Transfers or converts energy

• • Stops energy conversion

• • Makes energy disappear

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Chapter 1
What is a common characteristic of extreme sports?

• • They involve high temperatures

• • They rely on energy conversion for speed and height

• • They always occur in water

• • They use only kinetic energy

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Chapter 1
Kinetic energy is the energy of ______, while potential energy is stored energy.

Chapter 1

True or False: Energy can be converted back and forth between kinetic and potential forms.

• True

• False

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Chapter 2
What force helps snowboarders gain kinetic energy?

• • Friction

• • Gravity

• • Magnetic force

• • Air resistance

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Chapter 2
Where is energy stored when a snowboarder is lifted by a ski lift?

• • In the snowboard

• • In the gravitational field

• • In the air molecules

• • In the snowboarder's boots

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Chapter 2
What happens to potential energy when a snowboarder descends a slope?

• • It increases

• • It remains unchanged

• • It converts to kinetic energy

• • It disappears

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