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Mechanical Energy

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is stored energy due to position above the ground?

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

thermal energy

d)

nuclear energy

2.

What is energy due to motion?

a)

kinetic energy

b)

potential energy

c)

thermal energy

d)

nuclear energy

3.

What is the sum of kinetic energy and potential energy of a system?

a)

mechanical energy

b)

electrical energy

c)

moving energy

d)

nuclear energy

4.
Energy CAN BE
a)
changed in form
b)
destroyed
c)
eliminated
5.
What is the formula for kinetic energy?
a)
mgh
b)
2mv2
c)
1/2mv2
d)
mv2
6.
What is the formula for potential energy?
a)
mgh
b)
2mv2
c)
1/2mv2
d)
mv2
7.
What is the SI unit of energy?
a)
Calories
b)
Joules
c)
Kelvin
d)
Celsius 
8.

What is the formula for mechanical energy?

a)

Ep = Ek + Em

b)

Em = gv + (1/2)hm2

c)

Em = Ek + Ek

d)

Em = (1/2)mv2 + mgh

9.

What has more kinetic energy, a 10kg ball moving at 13m/s or a 20kg box moving at 7m/s?

a)

the 10kg ball

b)

the 20kg ball

c)

the 10kg box

d)

the 20kg box

10.

A 0.5 kilogram bird is flying at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s. What is the bird's kinetic energy?

a)

14 J

b)

15 J

c)

16 J

d)

17 J

11.

A 50 kg person walks from the ground to the roof of a 70 m tall building. How much gravitational potential energy does he have at the top of the building? (g = 10 N/kg)

a)

35.000 J

b)

30.000 J

c)

17.500 J

d)

15.000 J

12.

A 5 kg ball is lifted 12 m above the ground. It's gravitational potential energy is ______ (Note: g = 10N/kg)

a)

60 J

b)

600 J

c)

17 J

d)

2.4 J

13.
Which of the following objects has the most kinetic energy?
a)
A 20 kg toddler running at 5 m/s
b)
A 50 kg toddler running at  30 m/s
c)
A 90 kg toddler running at 30 m/s
d)
A 100 kg  toddler running at 2 m/s
14.

If Calvin has 400 J of gravitational potential energy as he is sitting at the top of a slide on the playground...

a)

he will have 0 J of kinetic energy when reaches the bottom of the slide.

b)

he will have 800 J of kinetic energy when he reaches the bottom of the slide.

c)

he will have 400 J of kinetic energy when he reaches the bottom of the slide.

d)

he will have 400 J of potential energy when he reaches the bottom of the slide.

15.

The variable that has the greatest impact on an object's kinetic energy is its...

a)

velocity

b)

height

c)

gravity

d)

mass