Mechanical Energy Quiz

What is potential energy?

• Energy of motion

• Stored energy

• Energy from the sun

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Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?

• A book sitting on a shelf

• A stretched rubber band

• A rolling ball

• A tree standing still

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What type of energy does a roller coaster have at the top of its track? (Is it moving, or standing still?)

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Electrical energy

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Which of the following is NOT an example of mechanical energy?

• The energy in a moving car

• The energy in a flowing river

• The energy in a battery

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What type of energy would a moving car be in

• It stays the same

• It doubles

• It quadruples

• It halves

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Which of the following scenarios involves kinetic energy?

• A book placed on a high shelf

• Water stored behind a dam

• A bird flying in the sky

• A fruit hanging from a tree

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How can mechanical energy be best described?

• The energy stored in chemical bonds

• The energy of an object due to its motion and position

• The energy produced by electrical charges

• The energy from the sun

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What form of energy is a stretched bow about to shoot an arrow?

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Electrical energy

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When a ball is thrown into the air, is it in kinetic or potential?

• Just after it leaves the hand

• As it is going up

• At the highest point in its path

• When it starts to fall back down

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True or False: A bird uses kinetic energy when they are flying

• True

• False

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