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WorksheetsPotential Energy Review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where would a person have to be located to have the maximum gravitational potential energy?
a)
up on the roof
b)
down in the basement
c)
in the middle
d)
outside
2.
Where would a person have to be located to have the minimum gravitational potential energy?
a)
up on the roof
b)
down in the basement
c)
in the middle
d)
outside
3.
This kid is using a slingshot. Does the slingshot have max or min elastic potential energy?
a)
max
b)
min
c)
no elastic potential energy
4.
This spring has been compressed. What happened to its elastic potential energy?
a)
more elastic potential energy
b)
less elastic potential energy
c)
the same amount of elastic potential energy
5.
One spring is compressed. Another is stretched. What happened to the elastic potential energy?
a)
Only the compressed one increased.
b)
Only the stretched increased.
c)
They both increased.
d)
They both decreased.
6.
Which object has more gravitational potential energy?
a)
the watch
b)
the pen
c)
the camera
d)
the mug
7.
From picture 1 to picture 2, what happened to the amount of magnetic potential energy?
a)
It stayed the same.
b)
It increased.
c)
It decreased.
8.
If you want to increase the amount of magnetic potential energy in #2, what would you do?
a)
move them closer
b)
move them apart
c)
keep them there
9.
What will these objects do?
a)
nothing
b)
attract
c)
repel
10.
The production of thermal energy is a good indication that what kind of energy was used?
a)
elastic potential
b)
magnetic potential
c)
gravitational potential
d)
chemical potential
11.
If you go against the nature of what an object wants to do, what happens to potential energy?
a)
It stays the same.
b)
It increases.
c)
It decreases.
d)
It constantly changes.
12.
What must be true about the balls if their gravitational potential energy is the SAME?
a)
The baseball must have more mass.
b)
The bowling ball must have more mass.
c)
They have the same amount of mass.
d)
The mass doesn't matter.
13.
Which factor affects gravitational, elastic, magnetic, and electrical potential energy?
a)
mass
b)
charge
c)
pole
d)
distance
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