Kinetic and Potential Energy Vocabulary

Gravitational potential energy is potential energy that depends on what?

• Height
• Length
• Volume
• Temperature

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When you stretch a rubber band you give it ___.

• potential energy
• chemical energy
• mechanical energy
• thermal energy

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What type of energy does a rock waiting to fall off the edge of a cliff possess?

• Potential energy
• Kinetic energy
• Solar energy
• Electrical energy

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At which point does a roller-coaster have the greatest kinetic energy?

• At the bottom of the tallest hill
• At the top of the tallest hill
• As it is climbing up the tallest hill
• Kinetic energy never changes

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Why does the roller coaster car have the greatest amount of potential energy at position A?

• The car is at the greatest height at position A.
• The car is moving with the greatest velocity at position A.
• The car has the greatest mass at position A.
• The car has the greatest acceleration at position A.

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Which of the following is an example of potential energy?

• A glass jar sitting on a shelf.
• A flag waving in the wind.
• A ball rolling along a sidewalk.
• A battery powering a radio.

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An example of kinetic energy is a ___.

• car stopping by use of its brakes
• stretched rubber hand
• boulder perched on a cliff
• compressed coil spring

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Which is an example of potential energy being changed into kinetic energy?

• sliding down a hill on a sled
• stretching a rubber band
• a planet orbiting the sun
• compressed a coil spring

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Which situation illustrates the concept of potential energy?

• a fully-charged battery
• a fully expanded spring
• an automobile accelerating
• water at the bottom of a waterfall

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Which situation illustrates the concept of kinetic energy?

• a boulder falling off a cliff
• a spring compressed by a weight
• a skier perched at the top of a ski slope
• the battery of a portable radio, which has been turned off

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