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WorksheetsEnergy Pt 1 (10.1-10.2)
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 56mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
10.1 Stored energy due to a change in height is called:
a)
Gravitational Potential Energy
b)
Kinetic Energy
c)
Chemical potential energy
d)
Elastic potential energy
2.
10.1 Which point has the greatest potential energy (GPE)?
a)
A
b)
G
c)
D
d)
C
3.
10.1 Which would have the GREATEST gravitational potential energy?
a)
A 2,000 lb cow in a ditch
b)
A 2,000 lb cow on a horse
c)
A 2,000 lb cow on a house
d)
A 2,000 lb cow on a radio tower
4.
10.1 Which of these is not a source of chemical energy?
a)
Spaghetti
b)
The Sun
c)
Battery
d)
Oil
5.
10.1 Which would have the LEAST gravitational potential energy (GPE)?
a)
A moose on a house
b)
A flower on the ground
c)
A cat on a flag pole
d)
An emoji pillow falling out of an airplane
6.
10.1 Which would have the greatest gravitational potential energy?
a)
A 4lb rat on a school desk
b)
A 45lb dog in an oak tree
c)
A 14 pound platypus on a swing
d)
A 45lb child on a bike
7.
10.1 What type of energy is being converted into kinetic energy as a marble falls from a shelf?
a)
electrical potential energy
b)
gravitational potential energy
c)
elastic potential energy
d)
chemical potential energy
8.
10.1 Pulling on a slingshot to its fullest stretch illustrates what type of potential energy?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Elastic
c)
Gravitational
d)
Solar
9.
10.1 Which is an example of elastic potential energy?
a)
a roller coaster speeding down a hill
b)
the pulled back string on an archer's bow
c)
releasing the strings on a guitar
d)
an electric current lighting a light bulb
10.
10.1 What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical potential energy
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
11.
10.1 What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Elastic Potential
c)
Chemical Potential
d)
Gravitational Potential
12.
10.2 Look at the diagram. Which point does the ball have the maximum potential energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
13.
10.2 Look at the diagram. At which point does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
14.
10.2 When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
15.
10.2 As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic and potential energy?
a)
The PE and KE increase and decrease together
b)
The PE decreases while the KE increases
c)
Impossible to know without knowing the mass
d)
The PE increases while the KE decreases
16.
10.2 Where is potential energy converting to kinetic energy
a)
D-G
b)
C-F
c)
A-D
d)
A-G
17.
10.2 When a pendulum swings, at which point is potential energy at its greatest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
18.
10.2 A ball is released from rest at position 1. The diagram shows the ball in four positions as it rolls along a track from left to right. In which position does the ball have its minimum gravitational potential energy and maximum kinetic energy?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
19.
10.2 The diagram shows two bowling balls of equal mass. Ball A is resting near the edge of a shelf. Ball B is resting on the ground below. Which of these statements best describes the diagram above?
a)
Ball A has more kinetic energy than Ball B.
b)
Ball B has more kinetic energy than Ball A
c)
Ball A has more potential energy than Ball B
d)
Ball B has more potential energy than Ball A
20.
10.2 The diagram to the right represents a diver’s motion from the top of a high diving board into a pool of water. At what point does the diver have the greatest kinetic energy and the least potential energy?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
21.
The roller coaster has the most kinetic energy at position-
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
22.
Which position shows does the baseball have the greatest potential energy? Why?
a)
6, because it is moving the fastest.
b)
4, because it the highest.
c)
7, because it is not moving.
d)
2, because it is moving the fastest.
23.
Which book has the least gravitational energy? Why?
a)
1, because it is the highest
b)
4, because it is the lowest.
c)
2 because it is in the middle.
d)
3, because it moves the fastest.
24.
True or false: mechanical energy = total amount of potential energy + total amount of kinetic energy
a)
True
b)
False
25.
If a man is pulling a wagon up a hill, describe what is occurring in terms of energy.
a)
Decreasing Potential energy, Increasing Kinetic energy
b)
Increasing Potential energy, Decreasing Kinetic energy
c)
Both potential and kinetic are increasing
d)
Both potential and kinetic are decreasing
26.
Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.
a)
Height and mass/weight
b)
Friction and movement
c)
Mass and Movement
d)
Height and Friction
27.
What is the mechanical energy for this pendulum?
a)
0 J
b)
3 J
c)
6 J
d)
24 J
28.
At Point A:
The kinetic energy = 0J and the potential energy = 2.4 J. What is the potential energy at Point B, if the kinetic energy is 2.0 J?
The kinetic energy = 0J and the potential energy = 2.4 J. What is the potential energy at Point B, if the kinetic energy is 2.0 J?
a)
2.4 J
b)
.4 J
c)
0 J
d)
I really don't know
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