Quiz about Grade 8 Kinetic and Potential Energy

Question 1

Stored energy.

Accepted Answer

Potential Energy

Answer

Kinetic Energy

Question 2

The energy of motion.

Accepted Answer

Kinetic Energy

Answer

Potential Energy

Question 3

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

b. a tennis ball rolling across the court

Answer

a. a car parked on a steep hill

Answer

c. a picture hanging on the wall

Answer

d. a piece of coal before it's burned

Question 4

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

Accepted Answer

3

Answer

1

Answer

2

Answer

4

Question 5

Which point has the most potential energy?

Accepted Answer

a

Answer

G

Answer

f

Answer

b

Question 6

Which 2 letters have the most kinetic energy

Accepted Answer

X & Z

Answer

W & Y

Question 7

How much potential energy is at the top of a hill on a rollar coaster ride

Accepted Answer

100%

Answer

50%

Answer

0%

Answer

20%

Question 8

At which point is potential energy greatest?

Accepted Answer

W

Answer

X

Answer

Y

Answer

Z

Question 9

As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy?

Accepted Answer

The potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases

Answer

Both the potential energy and kinetic energy decrease

Answer

The kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases

Answer

Bothe the potential energy and kinetic energy increase

Question 10

____________ is the ability to cause change.

Accepted Answer

Energy

Answer

Force

Answer

Friction

Answer

Motion

Question 11

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.

Accepted Answer

Kinetic

Answer

Potential

Answer

Energy

Answer

Friction

Question 12

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.

Accepted Answer

more

Answer

less

Answer

none of the above

Answer

all of the above

Question 13

__________ is stored energy.

Accepted Answer

Potential

Answer

Kinetic

Answer

None of the above

Answer

All of the above

Question 14

Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

Accepted Answer

Height and mass

Answer

Friction and movement

Answer

Mass and Movement

Answer

Height and Friction

Question 15

As a roller coaster goes downhill

Accepted Answer

potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.

Answer

kinetic energy is converted into potential energy.

Answer

electrical energy is converted into potential energy.

Answer

potential energy is converted into electrical energy.

Question 16

Which point on the roller coaster's path represents the maximum potential energy?

Accepted Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 17

Which point on the roller coaster's path represents the maximum kinetic energy?

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Question 18

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

Accepted Answer

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed only transformed to other forms.

Answer

Energy cannot be created, but can be destroyed as it transforms.

Answer

Energy can be created and destroyed as it converts to other forms.

Answer

Energy can be created and lost as heat as it converts to other forms.

Question 19

Which kind of potential energy will a roller coaster cart have at the top of the tallest hill?

Accepted Answer

Gravitational Potential Energy

Answer

Elastic Potential Energy

Answer

Chemical Potential Energy

Answer

Electric Potential Energy

Question 20

Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?

Accepted Answer

elastic potential energy

Answer

kinetic energy

Answer

radiant energy

Answer

sound energy

Grade 8 Kinetic and Potential Energy

21 questions

Stored energy.

The energy of motion.

Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?

Which point has the most potential energy?

Which 2 letters have the most kinetic energy

How much potential energy is at the top of a hill on a rollar coaster ride

At which point is potential energy greatest?

As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy?

A rubber band has been pulled backward but hasn’t been let go yet.

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