Work and Energy

Niagara Falls is a good example of

• Kinetic energy being transformed into potential energy
• Potential energy being transformed into kinetic energy
• Energy being created
• Energy being destroyed

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When energy moves from one form to another it is said to be _________________

• Transformed
• Eliminated
• Lost.
• Created 

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Which has the most kinetic energy?

• a basketball rolling down a hill
• a bus stopped at the top of a hill
• a dump truck driving down a hill
• a golf ball sitting at the top of the hill

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The energy associated with motion is called

• Kinetic energy
• Elastic potential energy
• Gravitational potential energy
• Nuclear energy

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When you rub your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to convert

• Mechanical energy into thermal energy
• Thermal energy into nuclear energy
• Nuclear energy into electrical energy.
• Electrical energy into radiant energy

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Potential energy that depends on height is called

• Kinetic energy
• Elastic potential energy
• Nuclear energy
• Gravitational potential energy

The energy in a battery is _______ energy.

• kinetic
• potential
• mechanical
• nuclear

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How do we calculate work?

• W = F * d
• w = f * D
• W = F * D
• w = f * d

How much work is being done with 200 N of force over 426 meters?

• 85,200 J
• 45,620 J
• 90,480 J
• 62,329 J

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The SI unit of work is?

• Joules
• Watts
• Newtons
• meters