Energy 1

When a roller coaster is at the top of a hill it has

• high potential energy

• high kinetic energy

• low potential energy

• equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

When a roller coaster is at the bottom of a hill it has

• high potential energy

• high kinetic energy

• low kinetic energy

• equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

The sum of potential energy and kinetic energy equals the

• potential energy

• transformation

• kinetic energy

• mechanical energy

I am holding a balloon that is full of air, the balloon has

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

I released a balloon that was full of air and it is flying around the room, the balloon has

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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

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

__________ is stored energy. 

• Potential
• Kinetic
• None of the above 
• All of the above 

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4