Savvas Science Vocab

What is energy?

• What you feel after running five miles

• The need to move an object at rest

• The ability to do work or to cause change

• The observation of objects in motion

Which of the following has no kinetic energy?

• a picture hanging on a wall
• a waterfall
• a ball flying through the air
• a hockey puck sliding across the ice

Energy can cause an object to ______________ the position of its motion. 

• Energy
• Change
• Speed
• Stored

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

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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__________ is stored energy.

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• None of the above

• All of the above

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What is energy changing from one form to another?

• energy conservation
• energy transformation
• energy creation
• mechanical energy

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Energy can cause an object to ______________ the position of its motion. 

• Energy
• Change
• Speed
• Stored

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

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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Which of the following objects has kinetic energy?

• a ball rolling across the floor
• a bicycle parked at the top of a hill
• leaves lying on the ground beneath a tree
• a sunny windowsill

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