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WorksheetsKinetic and Potential Energy Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which phrase best defines the term energy?
Energy is the ability to do work.
Energy is the force and object can exert.
Energy is the amount of matter present in an object.
Energy is the amount of heat an object can give off.
Which is the best definition of the term kinetic energy?
Kinetic energy is the work that an object does.
Kinetic energy is the energy due to motion.
Kinetic energy is the energy due to temperature.
Kinetic energy is the energy stored in an object due to vertical position (height).
What factors does the kinetic energy of an object depend upon?
mass and volume
force and distance
mass and height
mass and velocity
Which of the following changes would cause the kinetic energy of an object to increase?
The velocity of the object increases
The mass of the object decreases.
The height of the object increases.
The object does work on another object.
Which is the best definition of the term potential energy?
Potential energy is the energy due to motion.
Potential energy is the work that an object does.
Potential energy is the energy due to temperature.
Potential energy is the energy stored in an object due to vertical position (height)
What does the potential energy of an object depend upon?
The object mass and velocity.
The object mass and height above the ground.
The object height and temperature.
The object force and distance.
An object is moving uphill and slowing down. Which one of the following statements is true of the object?
Its potential energy is constant.
Its potential energy is increasing.
Its potential energy is decreasing.
An object is moving downhill at a constant speed. Which one of the following statements is true of the object?
Both its kinetic energy and its potential energy are constant.
Its kinetic energy is increasing and its potential energy is decreasing.
Its kinetic energy is decreasing and its potential energy is increasing.
Its kinetic energy is constant and its potential energy is decreasing.
An object is moving horizontally and increasing its speed. Which one of the following statements is true of the object?
Its kinetic energy is increasing and its potential energy is constant.
Its kinetic energy is decreasing and its potential energy is increasing.
Its kinetic energy is increasing and its potential energy is decreasing.
Both its kinetic energy and its potential energy are constant.
The total mechanical energy possessed by an object is equal to ____.
its kinetic energy plus potential energy
its kinetic energy minus potential energy
its potential energy minus kinetic energy
