Conservation of Energy

Where is the car moving fastest?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Gravitational potential energy depends on the ________ and ________ of the object. 

• Height and mass
• Friction and movement
• Mass and Movement
• Height and Friction 

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What is mechanical energy?

• It is what metal creates when heated.
• All potential and kinetic energy in a system.
• It is motion of all matter.
• Energy of momentum.

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What does kinetic energy depend on?

• The weight and volume of an object
• The buoyancy of an object
• The mass and speed of an object
• The furriness of an object

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When my velocity triples, my kinetic energy increases by ______ times.

• 9
•  3 
• 1.5
• 4.5

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An object is speeding up when: (Choose All That Apply)

• it is gaining kinetic energy.

• it is losing kinetic energy.

• it is gaining gravitational potential energy.

• it is losing gravitational potential energy.

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Calculate the PE of a 2 kg cat perched 10 meters above the ground. 

• 20 J
• 200 J
• 2.04 J
• 200 W

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Calculate the Kinetic Energy (KE) of a girl whose mass is 50 kg who is moving at 4 m/s.

• 200 J
• 800 J
• 400 J
• 100 J

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Explain what happens to the potential energy of a rock as it falls off the side of a cliff.

• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy increases.
• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy decreases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy decreases. 

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If a pendulum has 20 J of potential energy at point 1, how much kinetic energy will it have a point 3?

• 0 J

• 10 J

• 20 J

• 30 J

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