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GPE

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the cart coasts down, what type of energy is it?

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Potential and Kinetic Energy

c)

Kinetic Energy

2.

A 4kg dog wants to jump down from a height of 10. What is the gravitational energy

a)

3000

b)

392

c)

293

3.

A 20 kg rock is rolling down a hill at 259 m/s when it hits a car.

a)

170,810 J

b)

770,810 J

c)

39,809 J

d)

670,810 J

4.

A 101 kg tree exerts a 10,000 J of kinetic energy when it hits a house.

a)

14

b)

20

c)

1,000

d)

20,001

5.

A 298 ball rests at a top of a 50 M tall building. what is the ball's GPE?

a)

74866?

b)

146020 J

c)

509877 J

6.

A 500 Kg rollercoaster cart is at the top of a hill. when it falls, a 146000 J of energy was created. How high off the ground was the ground.

a)

28.9

b)

29.8 M

c)

28.8

d)

29.9

7.

power

a)

The rate at which energy is converted.

b)

The sum of the kinetic energy and potential energy of the objects in a system.

c)

energy that is due to chemical bonds

d)

energy that is stored due to the interactions between objects

e)

the ratio of output work to input work.

8.

chemical potential energy

a)

energy that is due to chemical bonds

b)

energy due to motion

9.

elastic potential energy

a)

states that energy cannot be created or destroyed

b)

A device that changes the force or increases the motion from work.

c)

energy that is stored by compressing or stretching an object

10.

A device that changes the force or increases the motion from work.

a)

Efficiency

b)

machine

c)

gravitational potential energy

d)

work

e)

simple machine

11.

work

a)

the ratio of output work to input work.

b)

force applied through a distance

c)

the ratio of output force to input force

d)

The ability to cause change.

12.

the ratio of output work to input work.

a)

mechanical advantage

b)

Efficiency

13.

mechanical advantage

a)

the ratio of output force to input force

b)

the ratio of output work to input work.

14.

energy

a)

The ability to cause change

b)

force applied through a distance

15.

Energy that is due to gravitational force between objects.

a)

mechanical energy

b)

gravitational potential energy

c)

elastic potential energy

d)

kinetic energy

e)

potential energy

16.

anything around which you can imagine a boundary

a)

a combination of two or more simple machines

b)

System

c)

A machine that does work with only one movement of the machine