Potential and Kinetic Energy Preview Quiz

Kinetic energy depends on

• mass and volume

• weight and height

• speed and weight

• speed and mass

Gravitational potential energy depends on

• mass and speed

• mass and weight

• weight and height

• height and distance

An object that has kinetic energy must be

• at rest.

• in motion.

• lifted above the Earth's surface.

• None of the above

An object’s mechanical energy is

• its energy of motion.

• not related to the object’s mass.

• the waste energy it produces by friction.

• the sum of its potential and kinetic energies.

Suppose you are jumping on a trampoline. At the top of your jump, your

• mechanical energy is zero.

• kinetic and potential energy are equal.

• potential energy is at a maximum.

• potential energy is zero.

When one object does work on another, energy is

• destroyed.

• created.

• transferred.

• All of the above

Which of the following vehicles has the MOST kinetic energy?

• large truck traveling 30 m/s

• small car traveling 30 m/s

• large truck traveling 25 m/s

• small car traveling 25 m/s

Which of the following vehicles has the LEAST kinetic energy?

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____ is stored in a stretched rubber band.

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Light energy

• Chemical energy

At what point does a roller coaster have the greatest potential energy?

• the top of the biggest hill

• the top of the smallest hill

• the bottom of the biggest hill

• the bottom of the smallest hill