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WorksheetsPotential and Kinetic Energy
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is Energy?
The ability to do anything
The ability to cause change
The investigation of nature
A fact of life
What is an example of kinetic energy?
A bird sitting in a tree
A bouncy ball on the table
A car driving on the highway
A book on shelf
What is an example of potential energy?
A bowling ball rolling down a lane
A car parked in a lot
An apple falling from a tree
Sunlight heating up the atmosphere
Which has more potential energy?
A bird in a tree
A car in the garage
An airplane before takeoff
A child on a swing
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
True
False
Total energy will always change in a system of objects.
True; energy is destroyed due to friction
False; energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred.
What is thermal energy?
Energy due to electric current
Energy that sound carries
The sum of the potential and kinetic energy of the particles that make up an object.
The energy that electromagnetic waves carry
What is the definition of friction?
A force that resists the sliding of two objects that are touching
A force that increases sliding between two objects
The change from potential to kinetic energy
A transformation from radiant to mechanical energy
Which of the following describes an energy transformation?
When energy is lost due to friction
An electric motor moving a car
A solar panel powering a home
A television projecting a show
Energy transfer is best described as...
The same type of energy that moves from one object to another
When the type of energy changes into another form
One example of energy transfer is...
Your Xbox converting electrical energy into light and sound energy.
Electrical energy from a computer changing to sound and light energy.
Hot coffee in a mug warming the mug and your hands.
Your lamp changing electrical energy to light and thermal energy.
An energy transformation is best be described as...
When the same type of energy moves from one object to another.
When energy changes into a different type of energy.
When you plug in your Xbox, electrical energy is transformed into...
Thermal and chemical energy
Sound and light energy
Light and chemical energy
Thermal and mechanical energy
A book sitting on a table has potential energy because of the gravitational pull of Earth. Which of the following would increase the potential energy of the book?
Sliding it across the table
Opening it to the middle
Dropping it on the floor
Lifting it to a high shelf
The graph shows the kinetic energy of both a school bus and a pickup truck as they move at various speeds.
Under which of the following conditions can the pickup truck have more kinetic energy than the school bus?
The pickup truck is moving at 1 m/s and the school bus is moving at 2 m/s.
The pickup truck is moving at 4 m/s and the school bus is moving at 2 m/s.
The pickup truck is moving at 2 m/s and the school bus is moving at 3 m/s.
The pickup truck is moving at 4 m/s and the school bus is moving at 3 m/s.
