Energy Unit Test

What is the main difference between potential energy and kinetic energy?

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An object has more gravitational potential energy when it's higher up.

• True

• False

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Give an example of an item in your kitchen that has potential chemical energy.

If you increase an object's speed, what happens to its kinetic energy?

• Increases

• Decreases

• Stays the same

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What type of kinetic energy does a moving car have?

• Potential

• Kinetic

• Mechanical

• All 3

What type of energy does a stretched rubber band have?

• Potential

• Elastic

• Elastic Potential

What type of energy does a runner have just before the race starts?

• potential

• kinetic

• mechanical

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Describe what happens to the energy of an arrow when you shoot it from a bow.

• It transfers to kinetic energy

• It transfers to mechanical energy

• It transfers to elastic energy

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What happens to the total energy when potential energy changes to kinetic energy?

• It transfers

• It is destroyed

• It is created

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What does the "R" in MR CENTS stand for?