Potential & Kinetic Energy Quiz Review

True or False: Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

• True
• False

What is potential energy?

• The stored energy due to its position or condition.
• The energy that an object has due to its motion.
• The energy an object has due to its existence.
• The energy an object has due to its volume.

Which of these has the most potential energy?

• A
• B
• C
• D

What is kinetic energy?

• The stored energy of an object due to its position or conditon.
• The energy that an object has due to its motion.
• The energy an object has due to its existence.
• The energy an object has due to its volume

Which passenger has the most potential energy?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which of the following has the most kinetic energy?

• A car traveling at 80 kph.
• A tractor-trailer traveling at 80 kph.
• A cheetah running at 80 kph.
• A motorcycle traveling at 80 kph.

When does an object have no kinetic energy?

• When it's at rest.
• When it's moving very slowly.
• When the only force that's acting on it's gravity.
• When it has no electrical charge

When is potential energy transformed into kinetic energy?

• When an object at rest is lifted to a higher elevation.
• When an object at rest remains at rest.
• When an object at rest is put into motion.
• When an object in motion is stopped and out at rest.

The slower an object moves, the ______________ kinetic energy it has.

• Same
• More
• Less
• None of the above

Why do objects at high elevations have more potential energy than objects at low elevations?

• Because the thinner air at higher elevations means objects have a greater potential to move very fast.
• Because objects at high elevations are closer to the sun, which is the source of all energy on earth.
• Because objects at high elevations tend to move slower than objects at low elevations.
• Because gravity gives objects at high elevations the potential to fall much further.