Identifying Kinetic and Potential Energy

Stored energy or energy due to its position is called

• mechanical energy

• potential energy

• kinetic energy

• thermal energy

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Which of the following objects has kinetic energy?

• A lamp that is turned off

• A bike parked at the top of a hill

• a ball thrown across the yard

• Fallen leaves laying on the ground below a tree

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The two types of energy listed under mechanical energy

• kinetic and nuclear

• potential and kinetic

• potential and nuclear

• wind and thermal

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Which letter shows where kinetic energy is at is highest point?

• X

• Y

• W

• Z

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Which of the following answer choices is NOT an example of potential energy?

• Running down a steep hill on vacation

• Holding a basketball in practice

• A drawn bow in an archer's hand

• A baseball at its highest point in the air

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Where is kinetic energy at its minimum?

• Z

• W

• X

• Y

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Kinetic energy depends on_________ and _________.

• speed and mass

• speed and height

• height and mass

• energy and height

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Where is potential energy at its minimum?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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Energy that transforms from potential to kinetic is neither_____ nor _______.

• created, force

• created, destroyed

• force,motion

• destroyed, law of conservation of energy

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All of the answer choices are examples of kinetic energy Except-

• A volleyball player spiking a ball

• A race car speeding down the highway

• A bowling ball sitting on the rack

• A bowling ball rolling down the alley

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