Physics Review

Stored energy (energy saved for later) is called...

• Kinetic energy 
• Potential energy 
• Gravitational energy 
• Work 

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What is the name of the energy of MOTION? 

• Kinetic energy 
• Chemical energy 
• Potential energy 
• Gravitational energy 

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What is the difference between speed and velocity? 

• Velocity includes a direction 
• Speed includes a direction
• Velocity is a bigger number 
• Both are exactly the same

Where on this roller coaster is potential energy high? 

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Where on this roller coaster is kinetic energy the highest? 

• A
• B
• C
• D

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Food, fuel, and batteries represent what kind of energy? 

• kinetic energy
• mechanical kinetic energy
• chemical potential energy
• sound energy 

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What energy transformation is happening here? 

• potential to kinetic
• chemical to thermal
• mechanical kinetic to sound
• electrical to thermal 

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A car is perched at the top of a cliff, and it might fall! 
What kind of energy does this car have?

• Kinetic
• Potential
• Chemical
• Nuclear 

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If a car is going 90 miles per hour East, that is the car's 

• speed
• velocity
• force
• acceleration 

A car stopping at a stop sign is an example of:

• velocity
• force
• distance
• acceleration 

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