Potential & Kinetic Energy

The ability to do work by applying force is called

• work

• energy

• force

• net force

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Stored energy or energy due to its position is called

• mechanical energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

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Which of the following statements about a skier skiing down a steep slope is true?

• His kinetic energy decreases and his potential energy increases

• His potential energy decreases and his kinetic energy increases

• His chemical energy increases

• Both his potential and kinetic energy increases

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Which of the following objects has kinetic energy?

• A lamp that is turned off

• A bike parked at the top of a hill

• a ball thrown across the yard

• Fallen leaves laying on the ground below a tree

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Potential energy depends on ______ and _______.

• height, mass

• weight, mass

• speed, mass

• height, speed

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The two types of energy listed under mechanical energy

• kinetic and nuclear

• potential and kinetic

• potential and nuclear

• wind and thermal

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Energy in motion is called

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

• nuclear energy

• transfer energy

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Energy that transforms from potential to kinetic is neither_____ nor _______.

• created, force

• created, destroyed

• force,motion

• destroyed, law of conservation of energy

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All of the answer choices are examples of kinetic energy Except-

• A volleyball player spiking a ball

• A race car speeding down the highway

• A bowling ball sitting on the rack

• A bowling ball rolling down the alley

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When stored energy begins to move the object______ energy from _______ to _________.

• energy, force, motion

• transfers, kinetic, potential

• forces, mechanical, nuclear

• transfers, potential,kinetic

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