Conservation of Energy Review

When energy moves from one form to another it is said to be _________________

• Transformed

• Eliminated

• Lost.

• Created 

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The SI unit in which kinetic energy is measured is 

• Newton

• Kilogram

• Joules

• Metres per second

Which of the following best describes the transformation of energy as the pendulum swings from point A to point B?

• The gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.

• The gravitational potential energy is transformed into thermal energy.

• The kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy.

• The kinetic energy is transformed into inertia.

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

• true

• false

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Which of the following describes an energy transformation?

• When energy is lost due to friction

• An electric motor moving a car

• A solar panel powering a home

• A television projecting a show

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As a ball rises in the air and reaches its highest point, most of the kinetic energy has been-

• destroyed.

• stored in chemical bonds.

• converted into inertia.

• transformed into potential energy.

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At which point will the roller coaster have the greatest amount of kinetic energy?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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At which point is the pendulum's kinetic energy the highest?

• A

• B

• C

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Throwing a ball in the air is an example of-

• potential energy being converted into kinetic energy.

• kinetic energy being converted into potential energy.

• energy being destroyed.

• kinetic energy being converted into friction.

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As the height of an object increases, what happens to its gravitational potential energy?

• the GPE increases

• the GPE decreases

• the GPE stays the same

• not enough information

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