Exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy Concepts

What does the law of conservation of energy state?

• Energy can be created and destroyed

• Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, only transformed

• Energy is only kinetic

• Energy is only potential

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What type of energy is stored due to an object's position?

• Chemical energy

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

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Which type of potential energy is related to an object's height?

• Nuclear potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Magnetic potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

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What is an example of elastic potential energy?

• A lifted weight

• A compressed spring

• A moving car

• A heated object

How does potential energy change with height?

• Decreases as height increases

• Increases as height increases

• Remains constant with height

• None of the above

What factors affect the kinetic energy of an object?

• Mass and speed

• Mass and height

• Speed and color

• Color and shape

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If two objects move at the same speed, which will have more kinetic energy?

• Cannot be determined

• The one with less mass

• The one with more mass

• Both have the same kinetic energy

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What is the formula for kinetic energy?

• Mass divided by speed squared

• Mass plus speed

• Speed squared divided by mass

• 1/2 mass times speed squared

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What happens to kinetic energy when a roller coaster climbs up a loop?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It vanishes

• It remains constant

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What is the primary law governing the operation of roller coasters?

• Law of motion

• Law of gravity

• Law of thermodynamics

• Law of conservation of energy

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