WorksheetsGravity and Kinetic Energy Inv. 3-4
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is potential energy?
motion energy
stored energy
electrical energy
kinetic energy
What is kinetic energy?
motion energy
stored energy
electrical energy
potential energy
Which statement is true about two students on a teeter-totter.
The student closest to the ground has more potential energy
The student higher up has more potential energy
The students will always have the same potential energy
The students have no potential energy
If a truck goes 30 kilometers in 30 minutes what is its average speed?
2 km/min
1 km/hr
2 km/hr
1 km/min
The _____________ of an object does not change when taken to another planet
Gravity
Weight
Mass
What is the equation for impulse?
I = Ft
I = F / t
I = F + t
I = F - t
What is the acceleration of gravity on Earth in meters per second squared?
8.7
3.2
6.8
9.8
If a bowling bowl has twice as much mass as another bowling bowl. How much more kinetic energy does it have?
Three times as much
Twice as much
Four times as much
Same amount of kinetic energy
If you threw a ball straight up in the air, when will it have the most potential energy?
In your hand
When the ball hits the ground
When the ball slows down
When the ball is at its highest point
If a bowling bowl's speed is four times as much speed of another bowling bowl. How much more kinetic energy does it have?
Three times as much
Four times as much
Sixteen times as much
Same amount of kinetic energy
Two students are running a race. Student 1 has more kinetic energy than student 2. We do not know where they each started the race. Who will win?
Student 1
Student 2
They will tie.
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What is Newton's first law of motion?
An object will stay at rest until a force acts on
Every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction
Force is directly proportional to acceleration.
Force is indirectly proportional to mass.
What is Newton's third law of motion?
An object will stay at rest until a force acts on
Every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction
Force is directly proportional to acceleration.
Force is indirectly proportional to mass.
Fill in the blank: Energy is never created or destroyed only _________________.
wasted
transferred
used
none of the above
What forces are acting on a ball that gets kicked from one teammate to another?
kinetic and potential energy
wind and the teammates hand
the teammates foot and head
the teammates foot, gravity, and the ground
