Energy Quiz

What is potential energy?

• Energy possessed by an object due to its motion.

• Energy possessed by an object due to its position or condition.

• Energy possessed by an object due to its temperature.

• Energy possessed by an object due to its color.

Give an example of an object with high potential energy.

• A roller coaster at the top of a hill

• A car parked on a hill.

• A book on a shelf.

• A basketball at the top of a hoop.

What factors affect the potential energy of an object?

• Velocity and time.

• Density and temperature.

• Color and shape.

• Mass and height or position

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy possessed by an object due to its shape.

• Energy possessed by an object due to its position.

• Energy possessed by an object due to its motion.

• Energy possessed by an object due to its temperature.

Give an example of an object with high kinetic energy.

• train

• bicycle

• tree

• car

What factors affect the kinetic energy of an object?

• mass and velocity

• force and displacement

• volume and acceleration

• density and temperature

How is potential energy related to the height of an object?

• Directly proportional

• Unrelated

• Exponentially proportional

• Inversely proportional

How is kinetic energy related to the speed of an object?

• Kinetic energy is directly proportional to the square of the speed of an object.

• Kinetic energy is inversely proportional to the speed of an object.

• Kinetic energy is directly proportional to the cube of the speed of an object.

• Kinetic energy is not related to the speed of an object.

What is the formula to calculate potential energy?

• mass * acceleration due to gravity * distance

• mass * acceleration * height

• mass * velocity * height

• mass * acceleration due to gravity * height

What is the formula to calculate kinetic energy?

• KE = 1/2 * mass * velocity^2

• KE = mass * velocity

• KE = mass * velocity^2

• KE = 1/2 * mass * velocity