Standard 16 Assessment

If a car's brakes are applied and the car slows down, what happens to the car's kinetic energy?

• It is transferred to the road as heat.

• It is stored in the car's engine.

• It increases.

• It remains unchanged.

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What happens to the energy when a moving object comes to a complete stop?

• It is destroyed.

• It is transferred to another form.

• It remains as kinetic energy.

• It disappears.

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If a moving object transfers energy to another object, what happens to the speed of the first object?

• It increases.

• It decreases.

• It remains the same.

• It becomes zero.

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What is the result of energy transfer when a moving car hits a stationary object?

• The stationary object gains kinetic energy.

• The moving car gains kinetic energy.

• Both objects lose energy.

• Energy is destroyed.

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If a moving object transfers all its kinetic energy to another object, what happens to the first object?

• It stops moving.

• It moves faster.

• It gains potential energy.

• It gains thermal energy.

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What is the primary reason a bowling ball slows down after hitting the pins?

• It loses mass.

• It transfers energy to the pins.

• It gains energy from the pins.

• It gains mass.

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

• A car accelerating.

• A book falling off a table.

• A stationary rock.

• A person running.

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Which position has the most kinetic energy?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which point(s) has the most potential energy?

• A

• B

• D

• E

• F

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When is kinetic energy transferred from object to object?

• when those objects pass one another

• when the first object outweighs (weights more than) the second object

• when the first object has more potential energy than the second object

• when those objects collide

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