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Which best describes how energy is transferred in a pendulum or swing?
a) The highest point is kinetic, the lowest point is potential
b) The highest point is potential, the lowest point is kinetic
c) The highest point is kinetic, the lowest point is kinetic
d) The highest point is potential, the lowest point is potential

A dog running down a street best represents what type of energy?
a) kinetic
b) potential
c) electrical
d) solar

A book at rest on top of a desk best represents what type of energy?
a) kinetic
b) potential
c) light
d) thermal

A roller coaster car sitting on top of the highest hill of a roller coaster has what type of energy?
a) Nuclear
b) Kinetic
c) Potential
d) Solar

A roller coaster car speeding down a hill has what type of energy?
a) Potential
b) Kinetic
c) Nuclear
d) Electrical

A lamp that is lit up has which energy transformation
a) light to heat and electrical
b) heat to electrical
c) electrical to light and heat
d) light to electrical

A basketball that is thrown in the air misses the basket and starts to fall back to the ground. AIRBALL!!! Which best describes the change in energy as the ball moves?
a) Potential as the ball is moving TO potential as it slows and starts to come back down TO kinetic as it falls to the ground
b) Kinetic as the ball is moving TO kinetic as it slows and starts to come back down TO kinetic as it falls to the ground
c) Potential as the ball is moving TO kinetic as it slows and starts to come back down TO kinetic as it falls to the ground
d) Kinetic as the ball is moving TO potential as it slows and starts to come back down TO kinetic as it falls to the ground

Which point on a roller coaster has the most potential energy?
a) The top of the highest hill
b) The bottom of the highest hill
c) The middle of a hill
d) The end of the ride

Which point on a roller coaster has the greatest kinetic energy?
a) The end of the ride
b) The top of the highest hill
c) The bottom of the highest hill
d) The middle of a hill

The space shuttle has what type of energy as it flies through the atmosphere?
a) kinetic
b) potential
c) nuclear
d) solar

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