Kinetic and Potential Energy Calculations

What is energy?

• rate of work
• Motion of an object
• ability to do work
• force over time

What is kinetic energy?

• energy of work
• energy of motion
• energy of gravity
• energy of power

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What are the two factors that affect kinetic energy?

• time and energy

• power and mass

• mass and velocity

• time and work

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What is the unit of measurement for kinetic energy

• Newton
• Joule
• Watt
• Kilogram

What is potential energy?

• energy of motion
• energy due to potion or condition
• energy of power
• energy of work

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What is gravitational potential energy?

• energy due to position above ground
• energy due to work
• energy due to time
• energy due to motion

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What 2 factors affect gravitational potential energy?

• gravity and time
• distance and force
• mass and height
• power and gravity

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How is mechanical energy calculated?

• force x distance
• kinetic energy/potential energy
• gravitational energy x kinetic energy
• kinetic energy + potential energy

Which of the following is an exmaple of a change of kinetic energy into gravitational potential energy?

• a person parachuting out of a plane
• a car racing around an oval track
• a person skiing down a hill
• a person walking up a hill

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Kinetic and Potential Energy are the two types of energy that relate to..

• Change
• Friction
• Motion 
• Density 

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