Gravitational Potential Energy

1. As an object falls, what happens to its gravitational energy?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

• Need more information.

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1. As an object falls, what happens to its kinetic energy?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same.

• Need more information

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Select all the following that represents energy being converted.

• Playing with a yo-yo

• Kicking a soccer ball

• Bouncing a basketball

• A sitting book

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Select the factors that influence how much kinetic energy an object has.

• Mass

• Speed

• Height

• Length

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Select the factors that influence how much gravitational energy an object has.

• Mass

• Speed

• Height

• Length

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When a bouncing ball hits the ground and squishes, what is the main type of energy that it has?

• Kinetic

• Gravitational

• Elastic

• Chemical

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An object's gravitational potential energy store can be increased by...

• decreasing the size of the object

• by lifting the object higher

• increasing the velocity (speed) of the object

• decreasing the mass of the object

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Which ball has more potential energy?

• The ball on the lower chair

• The ball on the higher chair

gravitational potential energy exist between ___________

• all objects with mass

• all objects without mass

• some objects with mass

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when object height increases , gravitational potential energy________

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

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