Kinetic Energy

Kinetic energy is...

• energy carried in ultraviolet waves

• energy stored in food

• energy in motion

• energy from splitting an atom

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The mathematical formula to find the amount of kinetic energy is....

• $\left(mass\ x\ speed^2\right)\ \div\ 2$

• $mass\ x\ speed\ \div\ 2$

• $2\ x\ mass\ x\ speed^2$

• $2\ x\ mass\ x\ speed$

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What two factors affect an object's kinetic energy?

• area and volume

• mass and weight

• weight and height

• mass and speed

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Mass and speed both affect the amount of kinetic energy an object has, but ____________ has a greater effect.

• mass

• speed

• volume

• weight

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

• true

• false

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

• false

• true

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If all objects are moving as the exact same speed, which would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• tennis ball

• football

• notebook

• box of 20 textbooks

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The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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What would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• A car driving down a hill.
• A person running down a hill. 
• A ball rolling down a hill. 

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The statement that "the energy within a system remains constant and cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed" best sums up _________.

• Something Mr. Lance likes to say.

• Life

• Law of Conservation of Energy

• The scientific method

• Newton's Third Law

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