Potential and Kinetic Energy

What kind of energy is in a person climbing a ladder?

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Both

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What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A car driving down a hill.

• A person running down a hill. 

• A ball rolling down a hill. 

• leaves rolling down a hill 

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Click to look at the picture. 
The picture is an example of _____ .

• gravity

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• friction

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Potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

• Height (position)

• Mass

• Speed

• Friction

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

• more

• less

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__________ is stored energy.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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Holding a marble at the top of a ramp

• Potential

• Kinetic

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A slinky moving down a set of stairs

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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A 60.0 kg person walks from the ground to the roof of a 74.8 m tall building. How much gravitational potential energy does she have at the top of the building?

• 43982.4 J

• 63982.3 J

• 43962.4 J

• 83942.4 J

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When a roller coaster is at the top of a hill it has

• high potential energy

• high kinetic energy

• low potential energy

• equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

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