Potential and Kinetic Energy

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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A basketball is being held in the hands of a player.

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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What kind of energy is in a waving hand?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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At which point is kinetic energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• a. a car parked on a steep hill 
• b. a tennis ball rolling across the court
• c. a picture hanging on the wall 
• d. a piece of coal before it's burned 

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When  mass increases, what happens to the energy (both potential AND kinetic)?

• it stays the same

• it increases

• it decreases

• it depends on what it's made of

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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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