Potential Energy

Why do objects at high elevations have more potential energy than objects at low elevations?

• Because the thinner air at higher elevations means objects have a greater potential to move very fast

• Because objects at high elevations are closer to the sun, which is the source of all energy on earth

• Because objects at high elevations tend to move slower than objects at low elevations

• Because gravity gives objects at high elevations the potential to fall much further

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Energy that is stored in a system or object

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Mechanical Energy

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Energy that is stretched or compressed within an object (for example, stretching the string on a bow)

• Elastic potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

• Static potential energy

When objects have the potential to change their position due to the force of gravity

• Chemical potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

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When energy is stored within the matter itself (for example, energy is stored in a battery)

• Elastic potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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When certain metal objects in a magnetic field have the potential to change their position due to the force of magnetism

• Static potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

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When charged particles in an electrostatic field have the potential of moving toward the opposite charge or away from the same charge

• Static potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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What is potential energy?

• The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.

• The energy that an object has due to its motion.

• The energy an object has due to its speed.

• The energy an object has due to its volume.

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What is the best synonym for potential energy?

• Stored energy

• Energy of motion

• Energy due to gravity

• Mechanical energy

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Which passenger has the most potential energy?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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