Kinetic and Potential Energy Test

Which is an example of potential energy?

• A squirrel running across a fence
• A basketball bouncing on the ground
• A diver standing at the edge of a diving board
• sound waves moving through air.

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A Joule is a unit to measure

• Energy
• The force of gravity
• The speed of planetary orbit
• orbital period

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Which location on the roller coaster has the most kinetic energy

• 1
• 2
• 3

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The type of energy at the top of a roller coaster is

• gravitational potential energy
• elastic potential energy
• chemical energy
• Radiant Energy

Which is an example of electromagnetic (radiant) energy

• a hamburger
• sunlight
• battery
• running person

True or False: Energy can be created or destroyed.

• True
• False

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True or False: Energy can change from one form to another

• True
• False

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The ability to do work or cause a change describes

• density
• energy
• matter
• temperature

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Which of the following has kinetic energy

• a rock about to fall off a cliff
• An archer's bow that is drawn back
• A car waiting at a red light
• a rolling bowling ball

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Conservation of energy means that

• energy can be created but not destroyed
• energy can be destroyed but not created
• energy can neither be created nor destroyed
• energy can both be created and destroyed

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