Module 5: Kinetic and Potential Energy

The formula for ____________ is distance/time.

• displacement

• speed

• velocity

• distance

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ability to do work or cause change

• displacement

• kinetic energy

• energy

• potential energy

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energy associated with motion

• potential energy

• motion energy

• kinetic energy

• friction

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Which type of potential energy depends on height?

• gravitational potential energy

• height energy

• elastic potential energy

• skyscraper potential energy

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Which type of energy depends on position?

• kinetic energy

• positional energy

• conservative energy

• potential energy

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energy can change forms and be transferred from one object or organisms to another

• potential energy

• elastic potential energy

• energy transformation

• Law of Conservation of Energy

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kinetic energy = 1/2 x mass x speed²

potential energy = mass x gravity x height

gravity = 9/8 meters/second²

^{A rhinoceros is galloping through the savannah at 6 m/s. He has a mass of 700 kg. What is the rhino's kinetic energy?}

• 706 J

• 4200 J

• 12,600 J

• 25,200 J

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kinetic energy = 1/2 x mass x speed²

potential energy = mass x gravity x height

gravity = 9/8 meters/second²

^{A bird lands on a branch that is 10 meters off the ground. It's mass is 5 kg. What is the bird's potential energy?}

• 5 J

• 15 J

• 50 J

• 490 J

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 $mass\ x\ gravity\ \left(9.8\ \frac{m}{s^2}\right)x\ height$  

Which type of energy does this formula calculate?

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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Which unit do we use for potential and kinetic energy?

• m/s

• km/h

• J

• K

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