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Speed, Motion, & Energy Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is speed?

a)

how far you go

b)

how much distance is covered over a period of time

c)

how fast you accelerate

d)

the change in the location of a object

2.
A train travels 25 km in .5 hrs. How fast is the train going?
a)

50 miles/hr

b)
5 miles/hr
c)
125 km/hr
d)
50 km/hr
3.

A man walks at 10 m/min for 5 min, what distance will he walk?

a)

50 min

b)

2 m

c)

.5 miles

d)

50 m

4.

A man ran 2 miles in 10 minutes, what is his speed?

a)

0.2 miles/min

b)

2 miles/min

c)

20 miles/min

d)

2 miles/hr

5.

How fast is the object moving from 12-22 seconds?

a)

3 m/s

b)

0 m/s

c)

3 m

d)

0 m

6.
What is velocity?
a)
the quickness of an object
b)
the location of an object
c)
acceleration
d)
speed in a specific direction
7.

What is the line on this graph showing?

a)

moving at a constant speed

b)

moving back towards start

c)

acceleration (getting faster)

d)

speeding up

8.

A car accelerates as it rounds a corner, even if it is going at a constant speed. Why is that?

a)

Its direction changes

b)

It doesn't

c)

It slows down

d)

Its speeds up

9.

What is this line of this graph showing?

a)

moving away from starting point at a constant speed

b)

moving back towards the starting point at a constant speed

c)

slowing down

d)

deceleration (getting slower)

10.

What was the object's average speed?

a)

20 mi/hr

b)

80 mi

c)

80 mi/hr

d)

20 mi

e)

10 mi/hr

11.

As a marble rolls down a ramp, when does it have the most potential energy?

a)

At the bottom of the ramp

b)

While traveling down the ramp

c)

While being lifted to the top of the ramp

d)

At the top of the ramp

12.
Which is an example of potential energy?
a)
a roller coaster speeding down a hill
b)
the pulled back string on an archers's bow
c)
releasing the strings on a guitar
d)
an electric current lighting a light bulb
13.

Gravitational potential energy is defined as

a)
the energy an object has due to its height above the ground
b)
the energy an object has due to its motion
c)
the energy a spring has due to its stretch
d)
the chemical energy stored in the molecules of atoms
14.

_____________________ is the energy that is stored in the bonds between atoms. (Examples: food, batteries)

a)

Chemical Energy

b)

Nuclear Energy

c)

Potential Energy

d)

Electrical Energy

15.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred/transformed

a)

Law of conservation of mass

b)

Law of conservation of energy

c)

Law of energy transfer

d)

Newton's laws

16.
Which type of energy increases when you compress a spring?
a)
elastic potential energy
b)
kinetic energy
c)
radiant energy
d)
sound energy
17.

At which position(s) does the pendulum have the greatest kinetic energy? Hint: where is the ball moving the fastest?

a)

3

b)

2 and 4

c)

there is no kinetic energy

d)

1 and 5

18.

Potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object.

a)

Height (position)

b)

Mass

c)

Speed

d)

Friction

19.

The image represents a diver’s motion from the top of a diving board into a pool. At what point does the diver have the greatest kinetic energy and the least potential energy?

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
20.

The coaster at B is at -

a)

Maximum PE, Minimum KE

b)

Minimum PE, Minimum KE

c)

Minimum PE, Maximum KE

d)

Maximum PE, Maximum KE