Potential and Kinetic Energy

A swimmer in the middle of a 50 m race.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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An object’s potential energy will increase with?

• Height and Speed

• Speed and Mass

• Velocity and Height

• Height and Mass

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The faster an object moves the greater its ____________ energy?

• Potential

• Thermal

• Kinetic

• Solar

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When you do work you are exerting?

• Push

• Pull

• Energy

• Power

A baseball just before being released by the pitcher.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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This type of energy is caused by motion.

• Kinetic

• Solar

• Thermal

• Potential

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A basketball sits on the rim before falling into the hoop.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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The amount of kinetic energy in an object is determined by its?

• Height and Mass

• Speed and Mass

• Speed and Height

• Velocity and Height

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If you have two objects with different masses about to fall from the same height,which one will have the greatest potential energy?

• Larger

• Rounder

• Flattest

• Smallest

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A bobsled is moving at its fastest speed around the final turn.

• Potential

• Kinetic

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