Potential Energy Vs Kinetic Energy - Part 2 Question Preview (ID: 37305)


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If a red ball is dropped from a height of 3 feet and a green ball is dropped from a height of 6 feet, which ball has the greater potential energy?
a) red because it is up higher off the ground
b) green because it is up higher off the ground
c) red because it is closer to the ground
d) green because it is closer to the ground

If an object has 39 joules of potential energy and 41 joules of kinetic energy, what is the total energy of the object?
a) 100 joules
b) 2 joules
c) 80 joules
d) -2 joules

The more a rubber band is stretched the more kinetic energy it has
a) True
b) Flase
c)
d)

Potential energy is the moving energy in an object.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Which is the best example of an object with only potential energy?
a) a tennis ball in motion after it is hit
b) Fan blades pushing air
c) a rock resting on the top of a cliff
d)

When an object is at rest it does not have any kinetic energy
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

When a roller coaster car reaches the bottom of a steep slope, it has -
a) low potential, maximum kinetic
b) maximum potential, maximum kinetic
c) no potential, high kinetic
d)

A system is -
a) a group of interacting or interdependent parts forming a complex whole
b) a combination of potential and kinetic energy
c) the change of energy from one type to another
d)

Which of the following best represents potential energy?
a) a toy car at the top of a ramp
b) water running from a faucet
c) a sail boat moving across a lake
d)

How can a student increase the potential energy of a marble set up to roll down a ramp?
a) increase the length of the ramp
b) increase the height of the ramp
c) change the size of the marble.
d)

As a toy car rolls down a ramp the -
a) potential decreases and the kinetic increases
b) potential increases, and kinetic decreases
c) both kinetic and potential increase
d)

Which represents a change from potential to kinetic energy?
a) a rubber band being stretched
b) a box sitting on a table
c) water flowing over a tall cliff
d)

When a car drives up a hill, what has been increased?
a) kinetic energy
b) potential energy
c) neither
d)

How are potential and kinetic energy similar?
a) each are demonstrated when an object is at rest
b) each increase as the mass of an object increases
c) each can be converted to the other form
d)

Where on a roller coaster would the car be located that represents the greatest potential energy
a) the highest peak
b) the lowest point
c) the average middle point
d)

Kinetic energy depends on the height of an object above the ground
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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