Energy & Forces Quiz Review

I have the most potential energy if I am: 

• 5 feet high
• 10 feet high
• 15 feet high
• 20 feet high

How can I gain potential energy? (choose the best answer)

• Run a mile
• Walk up the stairs
• Climb a mountain
• Go down the stairs

True or False: The people at the bottom of the hill have mostly potential energy. 

• True
• False

True or False: The person in the picture has a lot of potential energy?

• True
• False

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

• More

• Less

What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A car driving down a hill.

• A person running down a hill. 

• A ball rolling down a hill. 

What is kinetic energy?

• Heat energy

• energy of gravity

• energy of motion

• chemical energy

What two factors affect an object's kinetic energy?

• area and volume

• mass and volume

• weight and height

• mass and speed

Increasing an object's mass will increase its kinetic energy.

• True

• False

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential

• Kinetic