Potential and Kinetic Energy Review

What is an energy?

• The ability to create matter

• The ability to do work or change

• The force that causes objects to stop

• The speed at which an object moves

Which of the following is NOT an example of potential energy?

• A ball at the top of a hill

• Energy stored in fossil fuels

• A stretched spring

• A car driving on a road

When a roller coaster is at the highest point of a hill, what type of energy does it primarily possess, and what happens to this energy as it goes down the hill?

• Kinetic energy, which transforms into potential energy

• Thermal energy, which transforms into radiant energy

• Potential energy, which transforms into kinetic energy

• Chemical energy, which transforms into electrical energy