WorksheetsKinetic Energy
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 48mins
The energy of motion
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
What is stored energy?
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
A scientific law stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change forms.
The Law of Potential Energy
The Law of Kinetic Energy
The Law of Conservation of Energy
As speed increases, kinetic energy
Increases
Decreases
Stays the same
Speed with a direction of motion is
(a)
A ball travels 30 m in 5 s. What is the speed of the ball?
6
6 m/s
6 J
150 m/s
If a 4 kg cat is running at 3 m/s what is its kinetic energy?
18 J
18
12
12 J
155 g is how many kg?
0.155 kg
1.55 kg
15.5 kg
0.0155 kg
The roller coaster car pictured here has
100% Potential Energy
0% Kinetic Energy
75% Potential Energy
25% Kinetic Energy
50% Potential Energy
50% Kinetic Energy
0% Potential Energy
100% Kinetic Energy
A change in position relative to time and a reference point is
(a)
The (a) of a moving object is the rate of change of position with respect to time.
Kinetic energy is (a) proportional to the mass of an object.
A ball rolling 15 m in 3 s has a speed of
45
45 m/s
5
5 m/s
What is the equation for kinetic energy?
21Mass ×Speed2
2Mass ×Speed
Mass ×Speed2
(a) is a measure of how much matter is in an object.
What is 3 g converted to kg?
3,000 kg
.03 kg
.3 kg
.003 kg
What is the unit used for distance?
(a)
What is the unit used for time?
minutes
seconds
hours
If there are 34 J of potential energy in a system that contains 100 J of total energy, how much kinetic energy is there?
66
66 J
34 J
100 J
When an increase in a variable causes the other variable to decrease.
Inversely Proportional
Directly Proportional
Based on the information in the table, which ball would you predict to have the least kinetic energy when it reaches the end of the ramp?
Golf Ball
Tennis Ball
Baseball
Softball
A graph showing the kinetic energy of a 10 kg object at different speeds is provided. Based on the information in the graph, we can predict that the kinetic energy of the object at 2 m/s would be...
20J
20
40
40J
A baby crawls 6 m in 12 s. What is her speed?
0.5 m/s
0.5
2 m/s
2
A 39,000 g gazelle can run at 40 m/s. What’s the gazelle’s kinetic energy?
31,200J
31,200
31,200,000J
31,200,000
