Potential & Kinetic Quiz

What is the unit used to measure all types of energy?

• Watt

• Joule

• Volt

• Ampere

Which type of potential energy is stored in particles of substances like food and fuel?

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Nuclear Potential Energy

What type of energy does a car gain when it starts to move?

• Kinetic Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

What type of potential energy is stored in an object because of its position above the earth?

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Nuclear Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

What type of potential energy is stored in an object because of its position above the earth?

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Nuclear Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

Which type of potential energy is stored in elastic material such as a rubber band?

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Nuclear Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

What type of energy is involved when an object is at rest?

• Thermal Energy

• Mechanical Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

What type of energy does the air in the blowing wind have?

• Kinetic Energy

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

When a book is knocked off a table, what type of energy does it gain?

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

When a book is sitting on a table, what type of energy does it have?

• Chemical Potential Energy

• Gravitational Potential Energy

• Elastic Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy