Physics Unit 4: Energy Vocabulary Test

What is the energy of motion called?

• Potential energy

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Work

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Which law states that energy can change forms but cannot be created or destroyed?

• Law of inertia

• Work-energy theorem

• Law of conservation of energy

• Transformation law

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What is the sum of potential and kinetic energy for an object?

• Mechanical energy

• Power

• Thermal energy

• Elastic potential energy

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What type of energy is related to the position of an object?

• Kinetic energy

• Thermal energy

• Potential energy

• Elastic energy

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What is the rate at which energy is transformed?

• Work

• Power

• Velocity

• Acceleration

What occurs when a force is applied to an object, resulting in a displacement in the same direction?

• Work

• Energy

• Friction

• Heat

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Which theorem states that the net work done by the forces acting on an object is equal to the change in the object’s kinetic energy?

• Law of conservation of energy

• Work-energy theorem

• Power theorem

• Kinetic energy theorem

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What is the rate at which an object accelerates when falling freely near Earth's surface?

• Displacement

• Air resistance

• Acceleration due to gravity

• Gravity

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What force opposes the motion of an object as it moves through the air?

• Friction

• Air resistance

• Non-conservative force

• Constant

What is a force for which the work done is independent of the path taken?

• Conservative force

• Non-conservative force

• Friction

• Gravity