Gravitational Potential Energy

How can the gravitational potential energy of an object be increased?

• By soaking it in water

• By throwing it upwards

• By weighing it on a spring scale

• By raising it higher above the ground

At which point does the roller coaster have the greatest potential energy and why?

• W, because it is the highest point

• X, because it is the lowest point

• W, because it has the most kinetic energy

• Z, because it is moving the fastest

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Wyatt is looking at the following diagram. Which description lists the objects and their type of potential energy correctly?

• Rock (gravitational), battery (chemical), slingshot (elastic), match (chemical)

• Rock (chemical), battery (chemical), slingshot (elastic), match (gravitational)

• Rock (gravitational), battery (chemical), slingshot (chemical), match (elastic)

• Rock (gravitational), battery (chemical), slingshot (elastic), match (gravitational)

Aaric and Wesley were cleaning up Ms. Nobles' classroom when they accidentally knock Ms. Nobles pencil jar off her desk. When the jar was knocked off her desk, its ________________ energy was transferred to _________________ energy.

• elastic potential; gravitational potential

• gravitational potential; kinetic

• kinetic; elastic potential

• kinetic; gravitational potential

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Which has more potential energy?

• a bird sitting on a branch ten feet high

• a bird with the same mass sitting on a branch twelve feet high

All objects above ground have

• kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

• cooties

• chemical energy

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A roller coaster car moving toward the top of a rise in the tracks is an example of

• gravitational potential energy converting to kinetic energy

• kinetic energy converting to gravitational potential energy

• kinetic energy converting into chemical energy

• potential energy converting into chemical energy

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A softball is dropped from the 2nd story of a house. What types of energies does it have?

• Gravitation potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Magnetic energy

• Thermal energy

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What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?

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Which of the following factors does NOT affect the gravitational potential energy of an object?

• Mass of the object

• Height above the ground

• Gravitational acceleration

• Color of the object

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