Energy and Work

Stored energy wating to be used

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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Energy in motion

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?

• At the bottom of a big hill
• When going around a corner
• When going upside down
• At the top of a big hill

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A baseball held by a pitcher has _____________energy.

• Kinetic
• Chemical 
• Potential
• Thermal

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At what position does the rock have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A
• B
• D
• E

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The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential
• Kinetic
• None of the above 
• All of the above 

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Explain what happens to the potential energy of a rock as it falls off the side of a cliff.

• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy increases.
• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy decreases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy decreases. 

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