Kinetic and Potential Energy Practice

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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

• Potential
• Kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

At which point is potential energy greatest?

• W
• X
• Y
• Z

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Conservation of energy states that energy cannot be ________ or ________, but can be altered from one form to another.

• created, destryoed
• gravity, force
• heat, created

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following is an exmaple of a change of kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy?

• a person parachuting out of a plane
• a car racing around an oval track
• a person skiing down a hill
• a person walking up a hill

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which of the following is NOT true about Potential Energy?

• An object's position affects its potential energy
• Potential energy is Stored energy
• Potential energy only occurs when an object is in motion
• All objects have potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Click to look at the picture. 
The picture is an example of _____ .

• gravity
• potential energy
• kinetic energy
• friction

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

If the skier is at the top of the hill waiting for the whistle to blow for his turn to ski, he has ____________, after the whistle blows and he starts his ski run, he has ___________ .

• kinetic energy; potential energy
• potential energy; friction
• kinetic energy; gravity
• potential energy; kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A car driving down a hill.
• A person running down a hill. 
• A ball rolling down a hill. 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4