Physical science ch13 kinetic and potential energy

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Which best describes what is happening when a moving car comes to a stop?

KE is decreasing and PE is increasing

The energy possessed by a moving car would best be described as ________.

Kinetic

A moving object always has

Kinetic energy

Which of these is an example of mechanical energy? Photosynthesis Nuclear energy Chemical energy Kinetic energy

Kinetic energy

A child standing on a skateboard at the top of the hill would have

Maximum potential energy

The amount of work an object has as potential and kinetic energy is called

Mechanical energy

The sum of an object's kinetic and potential energies is

Mechanical energy

Energy that lies at the atomic level is

Non mechanical

The primary source of the sun's energy is

Nuclear fusion

The sun gets energy from nuclear reactions and is called

Nuclear fusion

A book sitting high atop a shelf would have _______ ______.

Potential energy

What is kinetic energy?

The energy of motion

Who has more potential energy, a skier on top of a hill or a skier halfway down the hill?

The skier on top of the hill

The energy associated with atomic bonds is chemical energy. (True or false)

True

When would the kinetic energy in a ball become potential energy?

When the ball is rolled up a hill and stops at the top

Which one of the following situations involves potential energy changing into kinetic energy?

A child kicking a ball that is standing still

Energy cannot be created or

Destroyed

Electric energy results from the location of charged particles in

Electric fields

Light energy travels from the sun to the earth in the form of

Electromagnetic waves

The measure of the ability to do work is

Energy

The decrease of kinetic energy will decrease the non mechanical energy of the object. (True or false)

False

Gravitational potential energy depends on mass, gravitational acceleration, and ______.

Height

The total (usable and unusable) energy in any process

Remains the same

What is potential energy?

Stored energy

Chemical reactions involving potential energy are called

Chemical energy

Energy due to motion

Kinetic energy

Living things get energy from the sun to make food is known as

Photosynthesis

As a marble false to the ground, _____ energy is converted to kinetic energy.

Potential

Energy an object has due to position or shape

Potential


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