Factors Affecting Potential and Kinetic Energy

Which of the following best describes kinetic energy?

• active energy

• stored energy

• energy in motion

• Stored and active

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Which of the following situations shows energy in motion?

• an orbiting fan

• a broom stick placed on a divan

• a student leaning on the chalkboard

• a bulletin board attached on the wall

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Which of the following situations shows stored energy or energy at rest?

• a traveling tricycles

• an athlete running on the field

• a flower vase placed on the table

• a laborer pushing a crate on the floor

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What is present in a revolving planet, a running car and an electron in an atom?

• Kinetic energy

• Nuclear energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

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Which is true regarding an object that is moving faster?

• It has more kinetic energy.

• It has more potential energy.

• Its kinetic energy remains the same

• Its potential energy increases quadratically.

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Which of the following affects the gravitational potential energy of an object?

• height and mass

• mass and velocity

• height and weight

• velocity and height

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Two objects with different masses are placed on the same shelf. Which has more potential energy?

• the object with lesser mass

• the object with greater mass

• both have the same amount of potential energy

• neither has potential energy because they are not moving

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Which is true to both kinetic energy and potential energy?

• both are mechanical energies

• both can be created and destroyed

• both cannot be transformed into another type of energy

• both have mass, gravity, height and velocity as its components

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Which of the following statements is true regarding either potential or kinetic energy?

• The position of an object affects its potential energy.

• An object’s mass has no effect on its potential energy.

• The speed of an object does not determine its kinetic energy.

• The Earth’s gravity influence the kinetic energy of an object.

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If you increase the speed of the object, what quantity will increase?

• Kinetic energy

• Nuclear energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Gravitational potential energy

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