Energy transformations quiz upward bound

Which energy transformation below matches?
A book falling?

• chemical to sound and heat
• kinetic to sound and heat
• electrical to sound and heat

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Potential or kinetic

Running?

• potential

• kinetic

According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, energy can...

• Change from one form to another
• Be created
• Be destroyed

When something is dropped, what type of energy transfer takes place?

• Kinetic -> Potential
• Gravitational Potential -> Kinetic -> Sound
• Electrical -> Chemical
• Heat -> Nuclear

Imagine dropping a basketball. When would it have the most gravitational potential energy?

• When it is closest to the ground
• When it is at the highest point
• When it is halfway down
• It has the same amount of gravitational PE at all points

Food has _______ potential energy that our bodies transform into kinetic energy.

• Elastic
• Nuclear 
• Gravitational
• Chemical

Which of the following is an example of nuclear potential energy being transformed?

• Someone eating food

• Baking soda and vinegar mixed together

• a hydrogen atom splits or fuses together

• Dynamite explodes

what is the force of gravity on Earth?

• 9.8m/s2

• 12m/s2

The three factors that determine the amount of potential energy in an object are ____________, ____________ and___________.

• mass, gravity, height

• mass, height, speed

• mass, velocity, time

• gravity, velocity, mass

The formula for calculating kinetic energy is_______________.

• m x v x h

• 1/2 m v²

• m x g x h

• 2 x m x v