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Gravity and Kinetic Energy

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A car travels 400 km in 5 hours. What is the average speed?

a)

60 km

b)

80 km

c)

60 km per hr

d)

80 km per hr

2.

The acceleration (increase in speed) of gravity is always 9.8 m/s^2 on Earth

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is acceleration?

a)

Change in speed over a period of time

b)

when you go faster

c)

when you go slower

d)

Change in time over a period of speed

4.

1 kg is equal to about 10 Newtons

If an object has a mass of 4.5 kilograms, what is its approximate weight on Earth in Newtons?

a)

450 newtons

b)

54 newtons

c)

.45 newtons

d)

45 newtons

5.

Which child has more potential energy? The one with the ball or the one holding on for dear life at the top?

a)

The one with the ball

b)

the one at the top

6.

Who is a scientist?

a)

someone that designs, builds or maintains engines, machines or public works.

b)

someone who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

c)

someone who cuts things open.

d)

someone who wears a lab coat and glasses.

7.

Who is an engineer?

a)

someone that designs, builds or maintains engines, machines or public works.

b)

someone who is studying or has expert knowledge of one or more of the natural or physical sciences.

c)

someone who cuts things open.

d)

someone who wears a lab coat and glasses

8.

Every object stays at rest unless an outside force acts on it. If an object is moving, it travels in a straight line at a constant speed unless an outside force acts on it.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force on the object. It is inversely proportional to its mass.

a)

False

b)

True

10.

For every action or force, there is an equal and opposite reaction or force.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Less time to go the same distance will allow you to determine that an object moved the fastest.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I don't know

d)

I'm pretty sure

12.

Mrs. Asman and Mrs. D’Elia go sledding down a hill. Mrs. Asman is taller than Mrs. D’Elia, they both weigh the same and their sleds weigh the same. If they are sledding at the same speed, who has more kinetic energy?

a)

Mrs. Asman

b)

Mrs. D'Elia

c)

they have the same amount

d)

There is no kinetic energy in sledding

13.

An astronaut weighs about 80 kg on Earth. When he goes to Mars which has a gravitational force of .3 g will he weigh more or less than on Earth?

a)

More

b)

Less

c)

He will weigh the same

d)

he can't go to Mars

14.

Which line shows the fastest car

a)

a

b)

c

c)

b

d)

d

15.

Does an object held at the same height have the same potential energy on Earth and the moon? Why?

a)

No, there is less gravity on the moon

b)

Yes, there is nothing different

c)

Yes, the height is the same

d)

No, the moon has craters

16.

How do you find the joules of an object?

a)

Find the force of the object and divide by the velocity

b)

Half the object's mass and then multiply by the velocity squared

c)

multiply the mass of the object and the velocity squared

d)

What's a joule?

17.

You must know the mass and speed to figure out which object has the most kinetic energy.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

objects don't have kinetic energy