Kinds of Potential Energy

Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• chemical potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which slingshot has the greatest elastic potential energy?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Energy stored because of gravity is called:

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Mechanical Advantage

• Chemical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

At which point does the ball has the greatest gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

• A

• G

• D

• C

• G

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which would have the LEAST gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

• A ball sitting on the ground

• A sky driver ready to jump out of an airplane.

• An airplane flying 30,000 feet above the ground

• A rock sitting on top of Mt. Everest

How could you increase the gravitational potential energy of an object without changing its mass?

• Make the object larger

• Lower the object towards the ground

• Raise the object farther off the ground

• Allow the object to roll on the ground

What time pf energy is stored in this big mac burger?

• elastic potnetial energy

• Kinetic energy

• chemical potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

Which has stored chemical energy?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Which picture is an example of elastic PE?

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What potential energy is this graph representing?

• Electric

• Elastic

• Magnetic

• Gravitational

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2