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Energy and Momentum

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
____________ is the ability to cause change. 
a)
Energy 
b)
Force 
c)
Friction
d)
Motion
2.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 
a)
Potential 
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
3.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above 
4.

This type of energy is stored due to position or composition.

a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
None of the above 
d)
All of the above 
5.

When you stretch a spring, the energy it has while stretched is

a)

Gravitational Potential

b)

Nuclear Potential

c)

Chemical Potential

d)

Elastic Potential 

6.

Kinetic energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object. 

a)
Height and mass
b)
Friction and movement
c)

Mass and Velocity

d)
Height and Friction 
7.
Food has _________ energy. 
a)

Chemicdal Potential 

b)
Kinetic 
c)

Nuclear Potential

d)

Electromagnetic

8.
Which point has the most gravitational potential energy
a)
G
b)
f
c)
b
d)
a
9.
Can energy be destroyed?
a)
no
b)
yes
10.
What kind of energy does this device use?
a)

Gravitational Potential

b)

Electromagnetic

c)
Thermal
d)

Chemical Potential

11.

When plants convert the sun's energy into carbohydrate, what transformation happens?

a)

Kinetic becomes gravitational potential

b)

Electromagnetic becomes chemical potential

c)

Thermal becomes nuclearpPotential

d)

Kinetic becomes thermal

12.

What kind of energy is coming out of this reaction

a)
Thermal
b)

Gravitational Potential

c)

Nuclear Potential

d)

Chemical Potential

13.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
14.
Energy that is stored in bonds between atoms is:
a)
Mechanical energy
b)
Chemical energy
c)
Kinetic energy
d)
Nuclear energy
15.

If 150 Joules of potential energy is gained by to lifting a box 10 meters, what was the mass of the box?

a)

1500 kg

b)

15 kg

c)

1.5 kg

d)

150 kg

16.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum potential energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
17.
On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?
a)
At the bottom of a big hill
b)
When going around a corner
c)
When going upside down
d)
At the top of a big hill
18.
What law says that matter and energy can't be created or destroyed?
a)

Newton's First Law of Motion

b)

The Law of Gravity

c)
Laws of Energy Usage
d)
First Law of Thermodynamics
19.

The unit used to measure energy is the 

a)
Watt
b)
Newton
c)
Joule
d)
meter
20.
The product of mass and velocity is
a)
impulse
b)
acceleration
c)
work
d)
momentum
21.
A change is momentum is called
a)
acceleration
b)
kinetic energy
c)
potential energy
d)
impulse
22.
Why does a driver experience a lot of force when slamming on the brakes?
a)
Decreased time means increased energy.
b)
Decreased time means increased force.
c)
Decreased time means increased momentum change.
d)
All of the above
23.
The type of energy that holds a nucleus together is
a)
chemical potential
b)
nuclear potential
c)
gravitational potential
d)
thermal
24.

What type of energy is gasoline?

a)

Chemical Potential

b)

Nuclear Potential

c)

Gravitational Potential

d)

Elastic Potential

25.

Coming to a sudden stop causes you to experience ______ _______ than stopping slowly.

a)

Less force

b)

More force

c)

Less potential energy

d)

More electromagnetic energy

26.

When you use a pogo stick, what energy transformations happen?

a)

Elastic potential becomes kinetic becomes gravitational potential.

b)

Gravitational potential becomes thermal.

c)

Electromagnetic becomes kinetic and graviational potential.

d)

Kinetic becomes thermal becomes elastic potential.

27.

The Hawks defintion of _____ is a measure of how difficult it would be to stop a moving object.

a)

Energy

b)

Force

c)

Potential

d)

Momentum

28.

What is the unit for momentum?

a)

kgm/s

b)

joules

c)

newtons

d)

watts

29.

What is the unit for energy?

a)

kgm/s

b)

joules

c)

newtons

d)

watts