Topic 3.1 Kinetic and Potential Energy

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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

• Height and weight
• Friction and movement
• weight and Movement
• Height and Friction 

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Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.

• true
• false

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Where is Potential Energy the greatest?

• A
• F
• D
• G

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1. The diagram shows two bowling balls of equal mass.  Ball A is resting near the edge of a shelf.  Ball B is resting on the ground below. Which of these statements best describes the diagram above?

• Ball A has more kinetic energy than Ball B.
• Ball B has more kinetic energy than Ball A
• Ball A has more potential energy than Ball B
• Ball B has more potential energy than Ball A

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Which object has the MOST kinetic energy?

• a car traveling 25 km/h
• a car traveling at 10 km/h
• a person running at 10 km/h
• a person on a bicycle traveling at 25 km/h

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A book falls from a desk. Which  BEST describes the book’s change in potential energy?

• The potential energy is increased so the total amount of energy is increased
• The potential energy is decreased so the total energy is decreased
• The potential energy is increased so the total is decreased
• Potential energy will change to kinetic energy, but the total energy remains constant

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What energy is being transferred? (3.1)

• thermal 
• sound
• gravitational 
• kinetic

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When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy. 

• kinetic 
• potential
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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A 0.40 kilogram bird is flying at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s. What is the bird's kinetic energy ?

• 3.2 J
• 4.2 J
• 2.0 J
• 12.8 J

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