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Energy IPC

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of energy?

a)

Ability to cause change or do work

b)

Energy cannot be created or destroyed

c)

Ability to change energy into different forms

d)

allows matter to move freely within a vacuum

2.

Energy transformations result in

a)

A loss of energy

b)

A gain of energy

c)

No loss or gain in energy

d)

A loss or a gain in energy depending on the situation.

3.

The energy associated with motion is called

a)

Nuclear energy

b)

Kinetic energy

c)

Elastic potential energy

d)

Potential energy

4.

When you rub your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to convert

a)

Mechanical energy into thermal energy

b)

Nuclear energy into electrical energy.

c)

Thermal energy into nuclear energy

d)

Electrical energy into electromagnetic energy

5.

Unlike kinetic energy, potential energy is

a)

Energy of motion

b)

Not measurable

c)

Slowing down

d)

Stored

6.

Potential energy that depends on height is called

a)

Kinetic energy

b)

Elastic potential energy

c)

Gravitational potential energy

d)

Mechanical energy

7.

Where would the roller coaster have the LEAST amount of potential energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

c

d)

D

8.

You serve a volleyball with mass 2.1 Kg. The ball leaves your hand with speed of 30m/s. What is the kinetic energy?

a)

617.4 J

b)

945 J

c)

1800 J

d)

0 J

9.

There is a bell at the top of a tower that is 45 m high. The bell mass 190 Kg. Find the gravitational potential energy ?

a)

83790 J

b)

4250 J

c)

8500 J

d)

43880 J

10.

A car is traveling at 50m/s with a mass of 500 kg. What is the potential energy?

a)

1020 J

b)

46974 J

c)

8000 J

d)

0 J

11.

If ME= PE + KE, and ME= 5 J what can PE and KE equal?

a)

PE =3 J and KE= 4 J

b)

PE= 5 AND KE= 0

c)

PE= 5 AND KE= 5

d)

PE= -5 AND KE= -5

12.

Energy from the Sun is called

a)

Radiant

b)

Kinetic

c)

Chemical

d)

Mechanical

13.

Raul used up all of his phones charge, now he thinks he has destroyed the energy. What would you tell Raul about the energy that he feels he destroyed?

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14.

Where would the roller coaster have the GREATEST amount of potential energy?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D