Exploring Elastic Potential Energy for Kids

What type of energy is stored in a balloon when it is inflated?

• Gravitational potential energy

• Chemical energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Thermal energy

What happens to the elastic potential energy in a balloon when it is released?

• It turns into sound energy

• It turns into thermal energy

• It turns into chemical energy

• It turns into kinetic energy

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In the mousetrap demonstration, what is the role of the cheese?

• To store kinetic energy

• To attract the mouse

• To store chemical energy

• To release thermal energy

What is another name for a rubber band?

• Potential band

• Kinetic band

• Spring band

• Elastic band

What type of energy is stored when you wind up a clockwork spring?

• Elastic potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Chemical energy

• Gravitational potential energy

What happens when you compress air in a rocket?

• It stores elastic potential energy

• It stores thermal energy

• It stores gravitational potential energy

• It stores chemical energy

What type of energy transformation occurs when a spring is stretched and released?

• Chemical to thermal

• Elastic potential to kinetic

• Gravitational to elastic potential

• Thermal to kinetic

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What is used to demonstrate the transformation of elastic potential energy in the final section?

• A balloon

• A clockwork spring

• A rubber band

• An Alka-Seltzer tablet

What happens to the rocket when the pressure inside it builds up?

• It releases thermal energy

• It gets pushed up into the sky

• It stores more chemical energy

• It stores more gravitational energy

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What type of energy transformation is demonstrated with the Alka-Seltzer tablet?

• Thermal to kinetic

• Elastic potential to kinetic

• Chemical to thermal

• Gravitational to elastic potential

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