Energy Quiz

Mr. Young is sitting high on a slope reading his favorite magazine. Mr. Young has potential energy. Why does he have potential energy?

• He is positioned above the earth and the earth's gravitational force is pulling on him.

• He is positioned at a 90 degree angle to the earth's surface.

• The slope is pushing up on him.

• He is not moving.

Mrs. Lyons has a bow. The bow has energy due to the shape of the string. What kind of energy results from the shape of an object?

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

Which of the following has kinetic energy?

• A baseball sitting on home plate.

• A bowling ball rolling down the lane.

• A soccer ball in a soccer bag.

Mr. Lehn is racing to the lunch room on Mrs. Thorpe's skateboard! At which of the following speeds does Mr. Lehn have the most kinetic energy?

• 2 miles per hour

• 1 mile per hour

• 3 miles per hour

• 6 miles per hour

At what point on a roller coaster does a car have the most potential energy?

• At the top of the smallest hill

• At the bottom of the smallest hill

• At the top of the tallest hill

• At the bottom of the tallest hill

Which of the following types of energy is associated with the height of an object above a reference point?

• gravitational potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• gravitational kinetic energy

• elastic kinetic energy

During which of the following scenarios does a rocket have kinetic energy?

• When the rocket is waiting to be launched

• Moments after launch when the rocket is flying towards space.

• Once the rocket has safely landed back on Earth.

When you pull back a rubber band, you give if it

• gravitational potential energy

• gravitational kinetic energy

• elastic potential energy

• elastic kinetic energy

The law of conservation of energy states that when one form of energy is transformed to another,

• more energy is created than destroyed

• no energy is created or destroyed

• all energy is destroyed

• less energy is created than destroyed

What does kinetic energy depend on?

• the total amount of time

• the buoyancy of an object

• mass and speed

• weight and volume