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WorksheetsTopic 3.2 Kinetic and Potential Energy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
At what point on the track does the car have the greatest potential energy?
At the ending point
At the starting point
At the highest point on the track
At the lowest point on the track
At what point on the track does the car have the greatest Kinetic energy?
At the ending point
At the starting point
At the highest point on the track
At the lowest point on the track
Lance is a 60-kg runner who, on a good day, runs at a speed of 5 m/s. What is his kinetic energy when he runs at this speed?
150 Joules
1500 Joules
750 Joules
2940 Joules
Bonito has potential energy while he is in the starting blocks, getting ready to run his 5-kilometer race. Which of the following statements are true about his potential energy? Choose the three statements that apply.
It is doing work
It might be used later
It is stored energy
It can be changed into kinetic energy
George rolled four different types of paper into four different cylinders. Identical 10-cm rubber bands were placed around the cylinders to hold the paper in place. Each number in the answer choices is the diameter of one of the cylinders. Which cylinder has the rubber band with the greatest elastic potential energy?
5 cm
10 cm
20 cm
25 cm
What type of energy does a deer running have?
Gravitational Potential Energy
Elastic Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Thermal Energy
If the deer is running at a speed of 8 m/s, and has 32,000 Joules of Kinetic energy, what is its mass?
1000 kg
4000 kg
1500 kg
1200 kg
Which number shows kinetic energy at its maximum?
three
two
four
five
Potential energy depends on ______ and _______.
height, mass
weight, mass
speed, mass
height, speed
Which of the following answer choices is NOT an example of potential energy?
Running down a steep hill on vacation
Holding a basketball in practice
A drawn bow in an archer's hand
A baseball at its highest point in the air
Kinetic energy depends on_________ and _________.
speed and mass
speed and height
height and mass
energy and height
Imagine a Bowling ball needs to be lifted 1.5 Meters. It has a Gravitational Potential Energy of 90 Joules. How much does the bowling ball weigh?
135 kg
6.12 kg
7.2 kg
1.21 kg
Calculate the potential energy of a car with a mass of 2,500 kg that is on a hill 100 meters above sea level.
250,000 J
2,450,000 J
2,451,663 J
248 J
What is the mass of a ball that has a kinetic energy of 115 J and is traveling at 9 m/s?
1035 kg
23.5 kg
12.8 kg
2.84 kg
Ty lifts a set of 1250kg weights a vertical distance of 2m in a weight lifting contest. What Potential Energy do the weights now possess?
12,789 Joules
24,500 Joules
4,500 Joules
What is the mass of a moving object that has 100 Joules of KE and moves at a speed of 2 m/s?
50 kg
200 kg
25 kg
100 kg
Why is it harder to stop a four-person bobsled than a three-person bobsled? (choose both answers that apply)
the four-person sled has more KE
the four-person sled has less KE
The four-person bobsled has more mass
The three-person bob-sled has more mass
energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only transformed or transferred
energy can be destroyed but not created
energy can be created but not destroyed
A golf pro swings his driver which weighs 0.75Kg at a speed of 60 m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy of the club.
2700 J
16.9 J
1350 J
45 J
