1.Which of the following describes kinetic energy?
a. It is the energy of objects at rest. c. It is the energy of unmoving objects.
b. It is the energy of moving objects. d. It is the energy of objects in motion and in position.
2. What kind of energy does a sling shot that is pulled back all the way has?
a. kinetic energy c. elastic potential energy
b. chemical energy d. gravitational potential energy
3. Which of the following affects the amount of potential energy of an object?
a. mass and height b. mass and velocity c. height and velocity d. mass only
4. How will you increase the potential energy of a diver in the Olympics?
a. work out and lose weight c. go to a lower diving board
b. always jump d. go to a higher diving board
5. Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?
a. water in the glass c. crawling ants on the wall
b. an apple placed at the rooftop d. car parked in front of the house
6. Which quantity does not affect the amount of kinetic energy?
a. mass b. velocity c. location d. none of these
7. If two objects with different mass are placed on the same table, which one contains
more energy?
a. The object with less mass c. Both objects have same amount of energy
b. The object with greater mass d. None of the two objects
8. A 60 kg man walks from the ground to the top of a 80 m tall building. How much
increase in gravitational potential energy is there? (Take g = 10N/kg)
a. 600 N b. 4800 J c. 8000 J d. 48000 J
9. The baseball pitcher throws a 0.145 kg baseball at a velocity of 30.0 m/s. What will be
the kinetic energy of the ball?
a. 62.55 J b. 65.25 J c. 65.55 J d. 62.25 J
10. If you are going to place a stone on a hill, at which point of the hill will it contain the
greatest amount of potential energy?
a. halfway down the hill c. top of the hill
b. on the hillside d. bottom of the hil