Potential and Kinetic Energy Quiz

What is kinetic energy?

• Energy stored due to position or shape

• Energy an object possesses because it is in motion

• Energy created from heat

• Energy that cannot be transferred

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Which of the following is an example of kinetic energy?

• A stretched rubber band

• A rock sitting at the top of a hill

• A car moving down a road

• A battery in a flashlight

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Sound energy is a type of:

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Kinetic energy

• Chemical energy

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Sound travels through:

• Only air

• Only water

• A vacuum

• A medium such as air or water

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Which factors determine an object’s kinetic energy?

• Height and shape

• Speed and mass

• Temperature and volume

• Force and distance

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If two tennis balls are the same mass but one moves faster, which has more kinetic energy?

• The slower ball

• The faster ball

• Both have the same

• Neither has kinetic energy

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What type of energy is stored in an object due to its position or shape?

• Potential energy

• Thermal energy

• Light energy

• Sound energy

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Which of the following is an example of potential energy?

• A runner mid-race

• A rock at the edge of a cliff

• A moving bicycle

• A ringing bell

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Before a landslide begins, the rocks and dirt on a hill primarily have:

• Kinetic energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

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Which type of potential energy is related to an object’s height above the ground?

• Elastic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

• Nuclear potential energy

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