Types of Potential Energy

When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy. 

• kinetic 

• potential

• none of the above

• all of the above 

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A stretched object, such as a rubber band, has _____________
potential energy.

• electrical

• gravitational

• kinetic

• elastic

Energy stored because of gravity is called:

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Mechanical Advantage

• Chemical Energy

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When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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The upper magnet is hung from the top of a box with a rubber band.

The bottom magnet is held in place at the bottom of a box.

What THREE potential energies are affecting this attraction in the picture?

• Gravitational, Electrical, Chemical

• Gravitational, Elastic, Chemical

• Magnetic, Elastic, Chemical

• Gravitational, Magnetic, Elastic

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When these opposite charges get closer, what happens to their electrical potential energy?

• increases

• decreases

• stays the same

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If you were to push these positive same charged particles together, do they have more or less electrical potential energy?

• more

• less

• the same as far apart

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Which type of potential energy is stored in a compressed spring?

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Nuclear Potential Energy

What type of potential energy is associated with an object's height above the ground?

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Thermal Potential Energy

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Which of the following is an example of chemical potential energy?

• A rock at the edge of a cliff

• A stretched rubber band

• A battery

• A moving car