Quiz on Position, Motion, and Energy

What is the position of an object?

• The energy it possesses

• The force acting on it

• The change in its velocity

• Its location in space at a given time

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy of motion

• Energy stored in an object at rest

• Energy due to temperature

• Energy due to height

What does velocity describe?

• The force acting on an object

• The potential energy of an object

• The mass of an object

• The speed of an object in a given direction

What is acceleration?

• The rate at which an object's velocity changes

• The speed of an object

• The position of an object

• The energy of an object

What do Newton's laws of motion describe?

• The potential energy of objects

• How forces and motion are related

• The temperature of objects

• The mass of objects

You can also describe where an object is by its __________ in relation to another object.

• position

• motion

• reference point

• force