2025 Forces and Motion Test 1

What is potential energy?

• The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.
• The energy an object has due to its chemical composition.
• The energy an object has due to its motion.
• The energy an object has due to its position

Potential energy is energy that is ____________

• speed
• motion
• stored

When height increases , what happens to potential energy?

• decreases
• increases

What two factors determine how much gravitational potential energy an object has?

• Speed and mass
• Mass and position
• Speed and position
• Speed and surface area

In which position does the diver have the least potential energy?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Which of the following objects has potential energy?

• A bicycle coasting down a hill.
• A bowling ball knocking over a bowling pin.
• A marble rolling across the floor.
• A book sitting on a desk.

Two identical trophies are placed on a bookshelf. Trophy 1 is on a shelf one meter above the floor and trophy 2 is on a shelf two meters above the floor. Which statement best compares the potential energy of the trophies?

• Trophy 2 has half as much potential energy as trophy 1.
• Trophy 2 has twice as much potential energy as trophy 1.
• Trophy 1 has twice as much potential energy as trophy 2.
• Trophy 1 has four times as much potential energy as trophy 2.

What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• potential
• kinetic

As a roller coaster goes down hill what happens to the potential energy?

• it increases
• it decreases because it turns into kinetic energy.