Energy: Potential & Kinetic Energy

Energy: Potential & Kinetic Energy

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Multiple Choice

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

Multiple Choice

What kind of energy is stored energy?

• Potential

• Kinetic

• None of the above

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is kinetic energy?

• energy of work
• energy of motion
• energy of gravity
• energy of power

Multiple Choice

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

Multiple Choice

What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?

• Potential
• Kinetic

Multiple Choice

What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential
• Kinetic

Multiple Choice

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• a. a car parked on a steep hill 
• b. a tennis ball rolling across the court
• c. a picture hanging on the wall 
• d. a piece of coal before it's burned 

Multiple Choice

A 10kg mass is lifted to a height of 2m. What is its potential energy at this height?

• 20 J

• 5 J

• 196 J

• 100 J

Multiple Choice

A rock with a weight of 156.8 N falls 5 m. What is the potential energy of the rock just before it falls?

• 7683.2 J

• 784 J

• 31.36 J

• 1960 J

Multiple Choice

1. A 4500 kg boulder rests on the edge of a 40 m high cliff. What is the potential energy of the boulder?

• 1,764,000 J

• 180,000 J

• 112.5 J

• 0.008 J

Multiple Choice

A 400 N box rests on a 2.5 m high cliff. What is the potential energy of the box?

• 9,800 J

• 1000 J

• 160 J

• 0.006 J

Multiple Choice

A 1.5 kg football is thrown with a velocity of 15 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the football?

• 168.75 J

• 22.5 J

• 10 J

• 220.5 J

Multiple Choice

A 2000 kg truck is moving down the highway at 8 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the truck?

• 250 J

• 16,000 J

• 156,000 J

• 64,000 J

Multiple Choice

A girl on a motorbike passes by at a speed of 15 m/s. Her mass is 40 kg. What is her kinetic energy?

• 600 J

• 2.66 J

• 4500 J

• 5880 J