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Calculating PE & KE

Authored by Abby Blackmon

Science

8th - 10th Grade

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Calculating PE & KE
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 68 kg circus performer sits on a 4.2 m tall elephant. Find the potential energy of the performer.

2798.9 J

285.6 J

16.2 J

29.1 J

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A 5 kg dog runs at 2.5 m/s. Find the kinetic energy of the dog.

6.25 J

12.5 J

15.6 J

122.5 J

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Two bowling balls of equal mass are dropped from two different ledges. Ball B is dropped from twice the height of Ball A. How will their final kinetic energies compare immediately before they hit the ground?

Ball B will have twice as much KE as ball A.

Ball B will have four times as much KE as ball A.

Ball B will have more KE by a factor of 2

Ball B will have the same KE as ball A.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The skateboarder shown above has a potential energy of 2,800 J at a height of 4 meters. How much GPE and KE will she have when she is only 2 meters up?

KE: 1000 J; PE: 1800 J

KE: 1400 J; PE: 1400 J

KE: 2800 J; PE: 0 J

KE: 1400 J; PE: 0 J

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Between a bowling ball and a soccer ball, which one has more kinetic energy and why?

a bowling ball because it has more mass

a bowling ball because it is smaller

a soccer ball because it has more mass

a soccer ball because it is smaller

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A golf pro swings his driver with a mass of 0.75 kg at a velocity of 60 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the club?

22.5 J

It doesn't have kinetic energy-it has potential energy.

2,700 J

1,350 J

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is the mass of a ball has a kinetic energy of 450 J, what must it mass be if it is traveling through the air at 30 m/s?

0.25 kg

15 kg

1 kg

0.50 kg

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