A student drops a tennis ball. The tennis ball hits the floor and then bounces up again. At what point does the ball have the greatest amount of gravitational potential energy?
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Question 2
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When a rollercoaster goes down a track, most of the gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy. What happens to the rest?
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Question 3
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Which types of energy transformation occurs as the clock is used?
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Question 4
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Which energy transformation takes place as the flashlight is used?
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Question 5
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At which point is gravitational potential energy highest in this juggling system?
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Question 6
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If students released the pendulum at Point A, which point in the pendulum cycle would have the most kinetic energy?
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Question 7
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Students were watching the cycle of the pendulum going back and forth. What type of energy transformation is occurring as the pendulum swings from point C to point B?
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Question 8
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After playing basketball, two students draw a diagram of the basketball's motion when being thrown toward the basket. In the diagram shown, the ball is at its highest point at position 3.
Which correctly describes the transformations of energy at each of the positions in the diagram?
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Question 9
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Which of these best illustrates the law of conservation of energy?
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Question 10
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A child is playing with a battery-operated toy car. The child closes the switch that operates the car.
Which best describes the energy transformation that allows the car to move forward?