Quiz about Physics Review

Question 1

Stored energy (energy saved for later) is called...

Accepted Answer

Potential energy

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Kinetic energy

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Gravitational energy

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Work

Question 2

What is the name of the energy of MOTION?

Accepted Answer

Kinetic energy

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Chemical energy

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Potential energy

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Gravitational energy

Question 3

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

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Velocity includes a direction

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Speed includes a direction

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Velocity is a bigger number

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Both are exactly the same

Question 4

Where on this roller coaster is potential energy high?

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 5

Where on this roller coaster is kinetic energy the highest?

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 6

Food, fuel, and batteries represent what kind of energy?

Accepted Answer

chemical potential energy

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kinetic energy

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mechanical kinetic energy

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sound energy

Question 7

What energy transformation is happening here?

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chemical to thermal

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potential to kinetic

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mechanical kinetic to sound

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electrical to thermal

Question 8

A car is perched at the top of a cliff, and it might fall!
What kind of energy does this car have?

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Potential

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Kinetic

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Chemical

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Nuclear

Question 9

If a car is going 90 miles per hour East, that is the car's

Accepted Answer

velocity

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speed

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force

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acceleration

Question 10

A car stopping at a stop sign is an example of:

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acceleration

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velocity

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force

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distance

Question 11

A push or a pull is the definition of which term?

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force

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mass

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acceleration

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speed

Question 12

How do you figure out the net force in this picture?

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subtract

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add

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multiply

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divide

Question 13

Newton's first law is all about...

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Objects in motion or at rest

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Force, mass and acceleration

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Equal and Opposite forces

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Gravity

Question 14

After 2000 years we can officially say...

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Galileo was right, objects all fall at the same rate

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Galileo was right, heavy objects fall faster

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Aristotle was right, heavy objects fall faster

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Aristotle was right, all objects fall at the same rate

Question 15

Newton's 2nd law was all about...

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Force, mass, and acceleration

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Objects in motion or at rest

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Equal and opposite forces

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Gravity and falling objects

Question 16

Newton's 3rd law is all about...

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Equal and opposite forces

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Objects in motion or at rest

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Force, mass, and acceleration

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Gravity and falling objects

Question 17

What is the unit for force?

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Newton

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Kilogram

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m/s

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Joule

Question 18

Which car has no kinetic energy?

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A stopped car

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A fast moving car

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A slow moving car

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A car that's speeding up

Question 19

Which of these is an example of balanced forces?

Accepted Answer

A car parked at the mall

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A car speeding up

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A baseball thrown into the air

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An apple falling off a shelf

Question 20

Which of these shows unbalanced forces?

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A car falling off a cliff

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A sleeping cat

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A  book on the shelf

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An asteroid in space moving at a constant velocity

Question 21

Which of Newton's laws is all about inertia?

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1st

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2nd

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3rd

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Gravity

Question 22

The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion (objects keep doing whatever they're doing) is...

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inertia

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speed

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velocity

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acceleration

Question 23

The tablecloth trick demonstrates which law of motion?

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1st

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2nd

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3rd

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Gravity

Question 24

When you punch the wall, it hurts the wall AND your hand, what law is that?

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3rd

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1st

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2nd

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Gravity

Question 25

It takes more force to push a full shopping cart than an empty one, that's which law?

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2nd

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1st

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3rd

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Gravity

Question 26

Two students are trying to move a box across the room. One pushes with 200 N of force, and the other pushes in the same direction with 100 N of force. What is the net force?

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300 N

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100 N

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200 N

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400 N

Question 27

This football stays at rest on the field until an unbalanced force is applied to move it.

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1st law

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2nd law

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3rd law

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Gravity

Question 28

The rocket applies a force DOWN, but it goes UP.

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3rd law

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1st law

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Gravity

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2nd law

Question 29

Which car is the fastest?

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 30

What's the average speed of the red car?

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10 miles per hour

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50 miles per hour

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5 miles per hour

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4 miles per hour

Question 31

What is the motion of this car?

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slowing down

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speeding up

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constant speed

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stopped

Question 32

What's the motion of this car?

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speeding up

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slowing down

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stopped

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constant speed

Question 33

What's the motion of this car?

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constant speed

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stopped

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speeding up

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slowing down

Question 34

What is the net force?

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2 N to the right

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2 N to the left

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8 N to the right

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8 N to th eleft

Question 35

How would you get the net force in this scenario?

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subtract

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multiply

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add

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divide

Question 36

What is the net force?

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100 N up

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100 N down

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50 N up

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50 N down

Question 37

What is the average speed on this graph?

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2 m/s

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1 m/2

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3 m/s

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4 m/s

Question 38

How do you find average speed on a distance time graph?

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look at the last dot

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look at the first dot

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look at the middle dot

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look at all of the dots

Question 39

What is the formula for calculating speed?

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distance / time

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mass / volume

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Force x distance

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mass x acceleration

Question 40

How do you calculate mass?

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Force / acceleration

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Force + acceleration

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Force x acceleration

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Force - acceleration

Question 41

How do you calculate distance?

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speed x time

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speed / time

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distance / speed

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distance / time

Question 42

Which law was this game demonstrating?

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1st

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2nd

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3rd

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4th

Question 43

Which is harder (takes more force) to stop, a car that is accelerating fast, or a car that is not?

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The fast car

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They are the same

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The not fast car

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None of these

Question 44

Which book has the least potential energy?

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C

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A

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B

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A and B

Question 45

It is important to wear seat belts in the car, because when our car stops, our bodies keep going. This is due to which law?

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1st

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2nd

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3rd

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Gravity

Question 46

What energy transformation is this?

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chemical to mechanical/kinetic

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heat to mechanical/kinetic

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gravitational to chemical

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chemical to nuclear

Question 47

If a bird crashes into a window, how do you calculate the force it hits the window with?

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mass x acceleration

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mass x distance

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force x distance

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acceleration x work

Question 48

What is the total force acting on an object called?

Accepted Answer

net force

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answer force

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total force

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problem force

Question 49

Which law is represented by the way we send rockets into space?

Accepted Answer

Third law

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Gravity

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First law

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Second law

Question 50

Which law is represented by the way your backpack takes a lot of force to move when it's full of books?

Accepted Answer

Second law

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Gravity

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First law

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Third law

Question 51

Which law is represented by the fact that objects on Earth will NOT keep going and going if you throw them into space, because gravity is an unbalanced force that brings them back down?

Accepted Answer

First law

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Second law

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Third law

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Fourth law

Question 52

Which of these is a velocity?

Accepted Answer

8 m/s up

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8 meters

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8 m/s

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Stopping a car

Physics Review

52 questions

Stored energy (energy saved for later) is called...

What is the name of the energy of MOTION?

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

Where on this roller coaster is potential energy high?

Where on this roller coaster is kinetic energy the highest?

Food, fuel, and batteries represent what kind of energy?

What energy transformation is happening here?

A car is perched at the top of a cliff, and it might fall!
What kind of energy does this car have?

If a car is going 90 miles per hour East, that is the car's

A car stopping at a stop sign is an example of:

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Physics Review

52 questions

Stored energy (energy saved for later) is called...

What is the name of the energy of MOTION?

What is the difference between speed and velocity?

Where on this roller coaster is potential energy high?

Where on this roller coaster is kinetic energy the highest?

Food, fuel, and batteries represent what kind of energy?

What energy transformation is happening here?

A car is perched at the top of a cliff, and it might fall! What kind of energy does this car have?

If a car is going 90 miles per hour East, that is the car's

A car stopping at a stop sign is an example of:

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A car is perched at the top of a cliff, and it might fall!
What kind of energy does this car have?