CP Energy: Potential to Kinetic Adventures PS3.2 Quiz

What is potential energy?

• Energy of motion

• Stored energy due to position

• Energy from the sun

• Energy from food

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Which of the following is an example of potential energy?

• A running dog

• A book on a shelf

• A rolling soccer ball

• A flying airplane

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What happens to potential energy when a roller coaster starts moving?

• It stays the same

• It becomes heat energy

• It transforms into kinetic energy

• It disappears

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What is kinetic energy?

• Energy of motion

• Energy from food

• Stored energy

• Energy from the sun

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Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?

• A book on a shelf

• A swinging pendulum

• A parked car

• A stretched rubber band

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What is the main force that affects potential energy?

• Friction

• Gravity

• Magnetism

• Electricity

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What does a pendulum demonstrate when it swings up?

• Sound energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

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What is the energy transformation in a swinging pendulum?

• Thermal to kinetic

• Potential to kinetic

• Sound to potential

• Kinetic to thermal

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Which statement is true about energy transformation?

• Energy is always conserved

• Energy can disappear

• Energy can be created

• Energy is never transformed

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What happens to energy when it changes form?

• It vanishes

• It is conserved

• It becomes matter

• It loses power

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