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Unit 3 test review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The energy of motion

a)

Kinetic Energy

b)

Potential Energy

2.

What is stored energy?

a)

Potential Energy

b)

Kinetic Energy

3.

A scientific law stating that energy cannot be created or destroyed.

a)

The Law of Potential Energy

b)

The Law of Kinetic Energy

c)

The Law of Conservation of Energy

4.

Which letter shows where is potential energy stored or at its maximum point?

a)

Y

b)

W

c)

X

d)

Z

5.

Potential energy depends on ______ and _______.

a)

height, mass

b)

weight, mass

c)

speed, mass

d)

height, speed

6.

Which of the following answer choices is NOT an example of potential energy?

a)

Running down a steep hill on vacation

b)

Holding a basketball in practice

c)

A drawn bow in an archer's hand

d)

A baseball at its highest point in the air

7.

Where is kinetic energy at its minimum?

a)

Z

b)

W

c)

X

d)

Y

8.

Energy that transforms from potential to kinetic is neither_____ nor _______.

a)

created, force

b)

created, destroyed

c)

force,motion

d)

destroyed, law of conservation of energy

9.

Which of the following is NOT an example of potential energy?

a)

A diver on the edge of a diving board

b)

A parachute falling to the ground

c)

A pencil sitting on a desk

d)

A car parked in the parking lot of a mall

10.

A student creates a ramp by stacking four blocks and then leaning a meter stick against it. She releases four different balls from the same position on the ramp and calculates their speeds. Based on the information in the table below, which ball would you predict to have the LEAST kinetic energy when it reaches the end of the ramp?

a)

Golf

b)

Tennis

c)

Baseball

d)

Softball

11.

Increasing an object's mass will increase its kinetic energy.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Water falling down a waterfall –

a)

Has potential energy that changes to kinetic energy

b)

Has kinetic energy that changes to potential energy

c)

Only has kinetic energy

d)

Only has potential energy

13.

An objects potential energy will increase with...

a)

Mass and Velocity

b)

Mass and Height

c)

Mass and Speed

d)

Speed and time

14.

The faster an object moves the greater its ____________ energy.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Electrical

d)

Solar

15.

A slingshot that has been pulled back, but has not been let go.

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

16.

What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

a)

A car driving down a hill.

b)

A person running down a hill. 

c)

A ball rolling down a hill. 

17.

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

a)

Potential

b)

Kinetic

18.
What kind of energy is represented in the picture?
a)
Thermal
b)
Chemical
c)
Sound
d)
Nuclear
19.

Which is an example of an object that has kinetic energy?

a)

a book on top of a desk

b)

a cup of water on a table

c)

a ball rolling down a hill

20.

What energy transformation would occur in a toaster?

a)

Electrical to thermal

b)

Thermal to mechanical

c)

Radiant to electrical

d)

Solar to thermal