If you are at an amusement park and you ride a slingshot, how does your potential energy compare to your kinetic energy at the top of the shot?
(1 point)
Responses
The kinetic energy and potential energy are the same.
The kinetic energy and potential energy are the same.
Kinetic energy is greater than potential energy.
Kinetic energy is greater than potential energy.
The kinetic energy is less than potential energy.
The kinetic energy is less than potential energy.
The kinetic energy is twice the amount of potential energy.
5 answers
The potential energy is greater than the kinetic energy.
An object’s gravitational potential energy depends on the object’s mass, the strength of the gravitational field, and what other variable?(1 point)
Responses
the object's height from the ground
the object's height from the ground
the shape of the object
the shape of the object
the speed of the object
the speed of the object
the color of the object
Responses
the object's height from the ground
the object's height from the ground
the shape of the object
the shape of the object
the speed of the object
the speed of the object
the color of the object
the object's height from the ground
In the diagram below, two objects of the same size and mass are released from rest at the starting position. Object 1 was released before Object 2 was released. The diagram below shows the positions of Objects 1 and 2 a short time after both were released.
Which object in the figure has the least amount of kinetic energy?
(1 point)
Responses
Object 1
Object 1
Object 2
Object 2
Both objects have the same amount of kinetic energy.
Both objects have the same amount of kinetic energy.
Neither object has any kinetic energy.
Which object in the figure has the least amount of kinetic energy?
(1 point)
Responses
Object 1
Object 1
Object 2
Object 2
Both objects have the same amount of kinetic energy.
Both objects have the same amount of kinetic energy.
Neither object has any kinetic energy.
Neither object has any kinetic energy.
10 answers