Potential and Kinetic Energy

When you do work you are exerting __________.

• Push

• Pull

• Energy

• Power

The amount of kinetic energy in an object is determined by its __________________.

• speed and mass

• height and velocity

• speed and velocity

• height and velocity

If you have two objects with different masses about to fall from the same height, which one will have the greatest potential energy?

• smallest

• flattest

• largest

• roundest

Distance (height) and mass determine the amount of ____________ energy in an object.

• kinetic

• elastic potential

• gravitational potential

• solar

The unit of measure for potential and kinetic energy is the ________________.

• joule

• meter

• watt

• newton

The energy stored in an object is called ___________.

• Joule

• Kinetic

• Potential

• Transformed

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

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