Which of the following DOES NOT demonstrate potential energy?
a. A book on top of a book shelf
b. A roller coaster at the peak of a hill
c. A bowling ball rolling down the lane
d. A mountain climber at the top of a mountain

How is coal extracted from mountaintop removal mines? a. dynamite is used to create underground tunnels where miners go to extract the coal. b. dynamite is used to break apart rocks and then draglines are used to remove the broken rock and reach the coal. c. coal in mountaintops is extracted by digging strips in the landscape to reach the coal. d. placer deposits in mountain river bottoms are removed by

Complete these sentences. if a roller coaster train has a potential energy of 1,500 j and a kinetic energy of 500 j as it starts to travel downhill, its total energy isj. once the roller coaster train gets closer to the bottom of the hill, its kinetic energy increases to 1,100 j, and its potential energy decreases to j. when the train reaches the bottom of the track and is traveling along the ground, its kinetic energy isj.

Aplayer uses a hockey stick to push a puck at a constant velocity across the ice. the weight of the puck is 170 n. the coefficient of friction is 0.0600. with what force must the player push the puck so that his force just equals the frictional force? 28.3 n 0.999 n 0.102 n 0.0104 n