Potential Energy - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?

elastic potential energy

kinetic energy

radiant energy

sound energy

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Elastic potential energy is energy stored in an object, such as a spring, due to the object being stretched or compressed. In which position is it most likely that the spring has lost its elastic potential energy?

W

Y

X

Z

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Energy stored because of gravity is called:

Gravitational Potential Energy

Kinetic Energy

Mechanical Advantage

Chemical Energy

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

At which point does the ball has the greatest gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

A

G

D

C

G

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which would have the LEAST gravitational potential energy (GPE)?

A ball sitting on the ground

Moon viewed from the Earth

An airplane flying 30,000 feet above the ground

A rock sitting on top of Mt. Everest

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

How could you increase the gravitational potential energy of an object without changing its mass and gravity?

Make the object larger

Lower the object towards the ground

Raise the object farther off the ground

Allow the object to roll on the ground

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What will happen to the potential energy of the magnets as the N and S get close?

increase

decrease

stay the same

there is none

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What happens to the magnetic potential energy when the same poles are far apart?

increases

decreases

stays the same

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What will happen to the magnetic potential energy of the magnets when the N and N get close?

increases

decreases

stays the same

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

When these opposite charges get closer, what happens to their electrical potential energy?

increases

decreases

stays the same

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the electrical potential energy like when these same charges are far apart?

high

low

the same as when they are close

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

These opposite charges are far apart. What happens to the electrical potential energy when opposite charges are far apart?

increases

decreases

stays the same

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

If you were to push these positive same charged particles together, do they have more or less electrical potential energy?

more

less

the same as far apart

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which picture is NOT an example of Chemical PE?

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The upper magnet is hung from the top of a box with a rubber band.

The bottom magnet is held in place at the bottom of a box.

What THREE potential energies are affecting this attraction in the picture?

Gravitational, Electrical, Chemical

Gravitational, Elastic, Chemical

Magnetic, Elastic, Chemical

Gravitational, Magnetic, Elastic

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What potential energy is this graph representing?

Electric

Elastic

Magnetic

Gravitational

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which piece of evidence BEST represents Chemical PE being released?

a rubber band flung a far distance

an apple falling from a tree

2 magnets repelling

water temperature increasing

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