3. Work, Energy, and Power

Potential Energy — Quiz

Test your understanding of potential energy with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

What is gravitational potential energy best described as?

Question 2

If a book is lifted to a higher shelf, what happens to its gravitational potential energy?

Question 3

Which factor directly affects gravitational potential energy near Earth?

Question 4

A $2$ kg object is lifted $3$ m straight up near Earth. Using $g = 10$ m/s^2, what is the increase in gravitational potential energy?

Question 5

What is the unit of energy, including potential energy, in the SI system?