Kinetic and Potential Energy Quiz

When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing energy.

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

• Kinetic energy

The ability to do work is called?

• Friction

• Force

• Motion

• Energy

Energy due to motion is:

• kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

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gravitational potential energy depends on the

• Height and mass of an object

• Mass and movement of an object

• Height and friction of an object

• Friction and movement of an object

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Which point has the most gravitational potential energy?

• A

• G

• D

• E

• F

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As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy?

• Both the potential energy and kinetic energy decrease

• The kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases

• The potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases

• Both the potential energy and kinetic energy increase

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Energy can be ___________ or changed from one form to another

• Destroyed

• Transferred

• Created

• Ignored

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Which would have the greatest gravitational potential energy?

• A 4 pound rat on a school desk

• A 14 pound squirrel on a swing

• A 45lb dog in an oak tree

• A 45lb child on a bike

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What kind of energy is in a battery?

• kinetic energy

• gravitational potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

In the picture below, kinetic energy is being converted into potential energy from

• Point A to point B

• Point B to point C

• The only energy involved here is kinetic energy

• Energy is not being converted

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