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Energy

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
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1.

When two identical cars, one traveling twice as fast as the other, brake to a stop using old-fashioned brakes, the faster car will skid

a)

the same distance

b)

twice as far

c)

four times as far

d)

more than four times as far

2.

After a car is raised in a service station, we say the car has increased

a)

Gravitational Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

c)

Chemical Energy

d)

Elastic Potential Energy

3.

A model airplane moves three times as fast as another identical model airplane. Compared with the kinetic energy of the slower airplane, the kinetic energy of the faster airplane is

a)

the same for level flight

b)

twice as much

c)

more than four times as much

4.

Raising an auto in a service station increases its gravitational potential energy. Raising it four times as high increases its potential energy by

a)

half

b)

same

c)

twice

d)

four times

5.

A dog and a mouse run down the road with the same KE. The faster moving one is the

a)

can't say

b)

both run at the same speed.

c)

mouse

d)

dog

6.

A circus performer diving off a tall pole has just as much kinetic energy as potential energy relative to the ground, when she

a)

reaches the bottom of her dive.

b)

is half way to the bottom.

c)

first begins her dive.

d)

is one-quarter the way to the bottom.

7.

Whereas impulse involves force and time, work involves force and

a)

energy

b)

distance

c)

power

d)

acceleration

8.

The formula for calculating kinetic energy is 1/2 mass times_________squared

a)

velocity

b)

weight

c)

inertia

d)

time

9.

Raising a heavy load requires work. Raising it twice as high requires

a)

half as much work.

b)

the same work.

c)

twice the work.

d)

four times the work.

10.

The formula for calculating Gravitational Potential Energy is Mass X _____ X height

a)

gravity

b)

gravy

c)

weight

d)

volume

11.

A pendulum bob swings to and fro. Its kinetic energy and its potential energy relative to the bottom of its swing are the same at

a)

the bottom

b)

one-quarter the vertical distance between the bottom and top of the swing.

c)

one-half the vertical distance between the bottom and the top of the swing.

d)

at the top of the swing.

12.

What is the formula for calculating momentum

a)

E=mc²

b)

Ñ=F(€)

c)

p=mv

d)

m=mv

13.

A moving freight car slams into another identical freight car at rest. The two cars stick together and move along the track. The speed of the coupled cars compared with the initial speed of the first car is

a)

the same

b)

one quarter

c)

one half

d)

double

14.

The kinetic energy of a cannonball fired from a cannon is

a)

less than the kinetic energy of the recoiling cannon.

b)

greater than the kinetic energy of the recoiling cannon.

c)

the same as the kinetic energy of the recoiling cannon.

d)

none of these.

15.

Mechanical Energy applies to

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

conservation of momentum

d)

both potential and kinetic

16.

An empty truck traveling at 10 km/h has kinetic energy. How much kinetic energy does it have when it its speed is doubled?

a)

The same KE.

b)

More than four times the KE.

c)

Twice the KE.

d)

Four times the KE.

17.

If a charging elephant has kinetic energy, it must also have

a)

work

b)

potential energy

c)

momentum

d)

none of the above