Energy Reading Notes Quiz

As a roller coaster goes downhill

• kinetic energy is converted into potential energy.

• potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

• electrical energy is converted into potential energy.

• potential energy is converted into electrical energy.

Where is the potential energy of the roller coaster the lowest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

A skateboarder is standing at the top of a tall ramp waiting to begin a trip. The skateboarder has

• kinetic energy only.

• potential energy only.

• both kinetic and potential energy.

• neither kinetic nor potential energy.

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

• Energy cannot be created, but can be destroyed as it transforms.

• Energy can be created and destroyed as it converts to other forms.

• Energy can be created and lost as heat as it converts to other forms.

• Energy cannot be created nor destroyed only transformed to other forms.

Your lab partner tosses you a ball. As she throws the ball up in the air it follows this arc. Where is potential energy the greatest?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

This model shows a toy car on a ramp. Predict what action would increase the potential energy of the car.

• Use a longer ramp.

• Use a taller ramp.

• Use a shorter ramp.

• Add water to the ramp.

Stored energy due to the interactions between objects or particles is

• potential energy.

• kinetic energy.

• electrical energy.

• mechanical energy.

The energy an object has because of its motion is

• potential energy.

• chemical energy.

• electrical energy.

• kinetic energy.

Kinetic energy can be calculated using the formula   KE = 1/2mv².  What is the kinetic energy of a bicycle that has a mass of 20 kg and is traveling at a velocity of 10 m/sec?  

• 10 J
• 100 J
• 1000 J
• 10,000 J

A man stops his car on top of a hill.  Describe this scenario in terms of energy.

• High Potential Energy
• High Kinetic Energy
• It is impossible to tell
• No energy left