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WorksheetsPotential and Kinetic Energy
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 41mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is the possible or stored energy in an object called?
a)
Thermal Energy
b)
Kinetic Energy
c)
Chemical Energy
d)
Potential Energy
2.
How does potential energy become kinetic energy?
a)
When something hot touches something cool, the potential energy in the hot object is turned into kinetic energy in the cool object
b)
When an outside force acts upon an object with potential energy, that force turns the potential energy into kinetic energy
c)
Potential energy becomes kinetic when an object remains in place and continues to build up more and more energy
d)
Potential energy has no relation to kinetic energy
3.
What is chemical energy?
a)
the potential energy in chemical compounds that is waiting to be released
b)
energy that is formed or caused by movement
c)
the movement of electrons throughout the world
d)
energy from the Sun or any other light source
4.
Which of the following has the most potential energy?
a)
A car at the top of a hill
b)
A car speeding down the hill
c)
A person at the top of a hill
d)
An acorn falling off a tree
5.
Kinetic and potential energy both relate to:
a)
Heat
b)
Light
c)
Motion
d)
Chemicals
6.
What is potential energy?
a)
The energy an object has due to its motion
b)
The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.
c)
The energy an object might have if it existed
d)
zombies coming
7.
What is kinetic energy?
a)
The energy an object has due to its motion
b)
The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition
c)
The energy an object might ahve if it existed
d)
zombies on the roof
8.
What is an example of kinetic energy at work?
a)
A ball lodged in a tree
b)
A frisbee flying through the air
c)
A car in the garage
d)
a booger in the nose
9.
What does kinetic energy depend on?
a)
The weight and volume of an object
b)
The buoyancy of an object
c)
The mass and speed of an object
d)
The furriness of an object
10.
What would have the greatest kinetic energy?
a)
A car driving down a hill
b)
A person running down a hill
c)
A ball rolling down a hill
d)
A bowl of cereal on the table
11.
What has the least kinetic energy?
a)
A car
b)
A satellite orbiting in space
c)
An object that is not moving
d)
an elephant
12.
Can you create or destroy energy?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
only if you are really strong
13.
True or False: The person in the picture has a lot of potential energy?
a)
True
b)
False
14.
True or False: The arrow has mostly potential energy.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False: The people at the bottom of the hill have mostly potential energy.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
How can I gain potential energy? (choose the best answer)
a)
Run a mile
b)
Walk up the stairs
c)
Climb a mountain
d)
Go down the stairs
17.
What type of energy is in this picture?
a)
Kinetic
b)
Potential
c)
Chemical
d)
Sound
18.
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
19.
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
20.
At what position does the rock have the greatest kinetic energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
D
d)
E
21.
Wood, batteries, gasoline, and food are all examples of ________________________.
a)
gravitational potential energy
b)
elastic potential energy
c)
chemical potential energy
d)
None of the above
22.
The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has.
a)
more
b)
less
c)
none of the above
d)
all of the above
23.
When you compress a spring, you are storing __________ energy.
a)
sound
b)
elastic
c)
light
d)
chemical
24.
Energy due to motion is ____________ energy.
a)
Potential
b)
Energy
c)
Kinetic
d)
Friction
25.
What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
26.
Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.
a)
Height and mass
b)
Friction and movement
c)
Mass and Movement
d)
Height and Friction
27.
Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.
a)
true
b)
false
28.
Explain what happens to the potential energy of a rock as it falls off the side of a cliff.
a)
The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy increases.
b)
The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy decreases.
c)
The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases.
d)
The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy decreases.
29.
When riding a roller coaster, you go up and down many hills. As you get to the top of a roller coaster, what energy change is taking place.
a)
Potential energy is changed into kinetic energy.
b)
Kinetic energy is changed into potential energy.
c)
Chemical energy is changed into heat energy.
d)
Heat energy is changed into chemical energy.
30.
Which passenger has the most potential energy?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
31.
If these are all moving at the same speed, the vehicle with the greatest KE would be
(Think about their sizes)
a)
b)
c)
d)
32.
Which point has the most potential energy?
a)
G
b)
F
c)
B
d)
A
33.
At which point of the roller coaster is potential energy the greatest?
a)
W
b)
X
c)
Y
d)
Z
34.
When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy highest?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
35.
What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
36.
What kind of energy is in a person climbing a ladder?
a)
Potential
b)
Kinetic
c)
Both
37.
What is energy?
a)
rate of work
b)
Motion of an object
c)
ability to do work
d)
force over time
38.
Kinetic energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.
a)
Height (position)
b)
Mass
c)
Speed
d)
Friction
39.
Conservation of energy means that
a)
energy can be created but not destroyed
b)
energy can be destroyed but not created
c)
energy can both be created and destroyed
d)
energy can neither be created nor destroyed
40.
Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?
a)
a car parked on a steep hill
b)
a tennis ball rolling across the court
c)
a picture hanging on the wall
d)
a piece of coal before it's burned
41.
Which one is a unit of mass?
a)
meter (m)
b)
gram (g)
c)
Joule (J)
d)
Newton (N)
42.
Which one is a unit of distance?
a)
meter (m)
b)
gram (g)
c)
liter (L)
d)
Joule (J)
43.
Force is a _____ or _______
a)
simple complex
b)
push pull
c)
up down
d)
in out
44.
Work done = Force x _________
a)
a. distance
b)
b. acceleration
c)
c. velocity
d)
d. speed
45.
The unit used to measure work is the
a)
Watt
b)
Newton
c)
Joule
d)
meter
46.
Which situation is work not done?
a)
lifting a 20 pound box off the floor
b)
holding a 20 pound box above the floor
c)
sliding a 20 pound box across the floor
d)
sliding a 20 pound box up an inclined plane
47.
What is work?
a)
A push or pull.
b)
When the object moves in the same direction in which the force is exerted.
c)
A change in energy.
d)
The rate at which energy is transferred.
48.
Which is doing work?
a)
pushing a wall
b)
holding a box
c)
picking up a pencil
d)
sitting in a chair
49.
Which of the following is the best example of work being done?
a)
doing homework
b)
lifting a box
c)
pushing a stationary box
d)
holding a box
50.
An example of work is holding a heavy bag.
a)
True
b)
false
51.
Work is a measurement of how much force is applied over a certain
a)
distance
b)
velocity
c)
shape
d)
size
52.
You do work only when you exert a force on an object and move it.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
If you push a cart with a force of 60 N for 2 m, how much work have you done?
a)
120 J
b)
30 J
c)
120 N
d)
30 N
54.
Both work and energy are measured in
a)
joules
b)
newtons
c)
meters
d)
seconds
55.
Which of the following is the best example of work being done?
a)
doing homework
b)
lifting a box
c)
pushing a stationary box
d)
holding a box
56.
A girl pushes a box across the floor. Did she do work?
a)
No.
b)
Yes.
57.
Fred kicks a ball with a force of 20N to George, who is 5M away. How much work was done to the ball?
a)
25J
b)
100J
c)
4J
d)
75J
58.
What is work?
a)
Force x Distance
b)
Force / Distance
c)
Distance / Force
d)
Force + Distance
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