Quiz about Kinetic and Potential Energy

Question 1

What is energy?

Accepted Answer

The ability to make something move or change.

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Something that takes up space.

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Anything that has mass.

Question 2

What is potential energy?

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The energy an object has due to its position or condition.

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The energy an object has due to its chemical composition.

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The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

Question 3

What is kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

The energy an object has due to its motion.

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The energy an object has due its chemical composition.

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The energy an object has due to its atomic structure.

Question 4

When does an object have NO kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

When it's at rest.

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When it's moving very slowly.

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When it has no electrical charge.

Question 5

Select all of the objects that have potential energy. (You may click more than one answer!)

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Option B is correct

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Option A is correct

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Option D is correct

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C.

Question 6

Select all of the objects that have kinetic energy. (You may click more than one object!)

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Option D is correct

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Option C is correct

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A.

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B.

Question 7

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

Accepted Answer

more

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less

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none of the above

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all of the above

Question 8

__________ is stored energy.

Accepted Answer

Potential

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Kinetic

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None of the above

Answer

All of the above

Question 9

When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy.

Accepted Answer

potential

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kinetic

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none of the above

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all of the above

Question 10

At which point is potential energy greatest?

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W

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X

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Y

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Z

Question 11

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

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Potential

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Both potential and kinetic energy

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none of the above

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Potential

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Kinetic

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Both potential and kinetic energy

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none of the above

Question 13

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

b. a tennis ball rolling across the court

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a. a car parked on a steep hill

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c. a picture hanging on the wall

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d. a piece of coal before it's burned

Question 14

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

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3

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1

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2

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4

Question 15

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

Accepted Answer

3

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1

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2

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4

Question 16

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

Accepted Answer

more

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less

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none of the above

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all of the above

Question 17

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

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Potential

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Energy

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Friction

Question 18

Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

Accepted Answer

Height and mass

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Friction and movement

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Mass and Movement

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Height and Friction

Question 19

What type of energy is in this picture?

Accepted Answer

Potential

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Kinetic

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Chemical

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Sound

Question 20

Explain what happens to the potential energy of a rock as it falls off the side of a cliff.

Accepted Answer

The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases.

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The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy increases.

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The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy decreases.

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The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy decreases.

Kinetic and Potential Energy

20 questions

What is energy?

What is potential energy?

What is kinetic energy?

When does an object have NO kinetic energy?

Select all of the objects that have potential energy. (You may click more than one answer!)

Select all of the objects that have kinetic energy. (You may click more than one object!)

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

__________ is stored energy.

When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy.

At which point is potential energy greatest?

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