Electric Potential Energy and Potential

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

• kinetic

• potential

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What type of energy is in this picture?

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Chemical

• Sound

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__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential

• Kinetic

• None of the above 

• All of the above 

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What kind of energy is in an acorn hanging from an oak tree?

• Potential

• Kinetic

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

• kinetic 

• potential

• none of the above

• all of the above 

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What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?

• Potential

• Kinetic

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What is the unit of electric potential energy?

• Joule

• Newton

• Volt

• Watt

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Which of the following is true about electric potential?

• It is a vector quantity

• It is a scalar quantity

• It is measured in Newtons

• It is always negative

Electric potential energy is the energy a charged object possesses because of its __________.

• velocity

• position in an electric field

• mass

• temperature

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What happens to the electric potential energy when a positive charge moves in the direction of the electric field?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains the same

• It becomes zero

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