Understanding Potential and Kinetic Energy

What is potential energy primarily associated with?

• Speed of an object

• Height or position of an object

• Color of an object

• Mass of an object

When a car is at the top of a ramp, what type of energy is it primarily storing?

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Electrical energy

As the car moves down the ramp, what happens to its potential energy?

• It increases

• It disappears

• It remains constant

• It converts into kinetic energy

At the bottom of the ramp, what type of energy is at its maximum?

• Potential energy

• Sound energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

In a roller coaster, what is the energy distribution at the highest point?

• 100% kinetic energy

• 50% potential and 50% kinetic energy

• 100% potential energy

• No energy