Energy Test

Potential energy can be gravitational, elastic, or

• chemical

• electrical

• kinetic

• nuclear

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A basketball in motion has

• elastic

• chemical

• potential

• kinetic

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Describe the energy when hitting a nail with a hammer.

• kinetic --> potential

• potential --> kinetic

• kinetic --> kinetic

• potential --> potential

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A car's energy is warm after it runs due to the production of

• nuclear energy

• thermal (waste) energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

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Work is best described as

• a transfer of energy

• a transfer of money

• a transfer of motion

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which is an example of potential energy?

• running a mile

• a rock sitting at the edge of a cliff

• a hawk diving for food

• rollercoaster in the middle of a downward hill

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

The _____ mass a moving object has, the more kinetic energy it has.

• more

• less

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

A car accelerating as it moves down a road shows increasing _____ energy.

• potential

• nuclear

• chemical

• kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

______ energy moves from warmer objects to cooler objects.

• mechanical

• thermal

• solar

• chemical

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Thermal energy is

• Energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched

• Energy stored and released in the nucleus of an atom

• Energy due to the motion of particles that make up an object

• Energy stored in the bonds between atoms

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