Kinetic and Potential Energy Questions

At what point does this roller coaster have the most kinetic energy?

• 1
• 2
• 3

Kinetic energy is energy in motion

• True
• False

Shelley the whale weighed 3000 lbs. She was sleeping and was not moving. Arnold the crab weighed 1 lb. and was walking 1 mph. Who had more kinetic energy?

• Shelley the whale
• Arnold the crab

If there is not motion, then there cannot be any

• kinetic energy
• potential energy
• 5 hour energy
• Monster energy

Which of the following demonstrates kinetic energy

• Wally Walrus laying on the ice
• A bowling ball sitting at the top of a cliff
• Larry the Llama rolling down a dirt hill
• Fredrick the Fish dead in his fish bowl

Potential energy is energy in motion

• True
• False

Gravitational potential energy can be found with what 2 variables?

• Weight
• Speed
• Sound
• Height

A rock is sitting at the edge of a cliff. What type of energy does it possess?

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Both kinetic and potential energy

• No energy

A car is moving at a speed of 60 mph. What type of energy does it possess?

• Kinetic energy

• Potential energy

• Both kinetic and potential energy

• No energy

Who has more potential energy? A bird sitting on a tree branch or a snail on the ground?

• The bird

• The snail

• Both have the same potential energy

• Neither has potential energy