Kinetic and Potential Energy

Kinetic energy is...

• energy carried in ultraviolet waves

• energy stored in food

• energy in motion

• energy from splitting an atom

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

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A car driving down a hill.
• A person running down a hill. 
• A ball rolling down a hill. 

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The statement that "the energy within a system remains constant and cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed" best sums up _________.

• Something Mr. Lance likes to say.

• Life

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• The scientific method

• Newton's Third Law

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What is energy?

• something that picks up things, like a magnet.

• Motion of an object

• ability to do work

• magic rays of sunshine that come down when you're feeling blue.

The SI unit in which kinetic energy is measured is 

• Newton
• Kilogram
• Joules
• Metres per second

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Holding a marble at the top of a ramp

• Potential

• Kinetic

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A slinky moving down a set of stairs

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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A boy standing on top of a slide

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

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A quarterback throwing a football to the wide receiver. The ball has what type of energy?

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

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