3rd SW #2 (Potential & Kinetic) Energy
1. What is potential energy?
The energy an object has from its atomic structure
 The energy an object has from its chemical 
composition
The energy an object has from its motion
The energy an object has from it position or condition
2. What is kinetic energy?
The energy an object has from its atomic structure
 The energy an object has from its chemical 
composition
The energy an object has from it position or condition
The energy an object has from its motion
3. When does an object have no kinetic energy?
 When it's at rest
When it is slowly moving
When it has no electrical charge
When gravity is the only force that is acting on it
4. Which object has the most potential energy?
A ball resting on the edge of a cliff
A ball on top of a refrigerator
 A ball being thrown at 90 miles per hour
A ball laying on the ground
5. When does a yo-yo have the most potential energy?
When it's going between the 
highest and lowest points. 
When it is moving at top speed
 When it is at it's lowest point
When it is at it's highest point
6. 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 in motion is stopped and put at rest.
When an object at rest is put into motion
7. What do potential and kinetic energy have in common?
They are both related to density
They are both unrelated to mass.
They are both related to volume
 They are both related to motion
8. Four cars are positioned at the top of a hill. Which 
car has the most potential energy?
A
C
 B
D
9. What is the best synonym for potential energy?
Mechanical energy
Electrical energy
 Energy of motion
Stored energy
10. 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.
11.  Kinetic and potential energy are the two types 
of energy that relate to:
Density
Change
Motion
 Friction
12. Which of these has the most potential energy?
A
C
 B
D
13. What is potential energy?
 The stored energy of an object due to its 
position or condition
The energy that an object has due to it motion.
The energy an object has due to its speed
The energy an object has due to its volume
14. What is kinetic energy? 
The energy an object has due to its mass
 The energy an object has due to its existence.
The energy that an object has due to its motion
The stored energy of an object due to its 
position or condition.
15. Which passenger has the most potential energy?
A
B
C
D
16. The amount of kinetic energy an object has 
depends on its:
Mass and speed
Speed and density
Volume and friction
Volume and mass
17. Which of the following has the most kinetic energy?
A tractor-trailer traveling at 80kph
 A car traveling at 80 kph
A cheetah running at 80 kph
A motorcycle traveling at 80 kph
18. When is kinetic energy transferred from one 
object to another?
When those objects pass one another
When the first object is bigger than the second.
 When the first object has more potential 
energy than the second object
When the two objects collide
19. In a generator, kinetic energy is transformed into:
Potential energy
Electricity
 Motion
Solar power
20. There is a finite amount of energy in the universe. 
What does this mean?
 Energy is created and destroyed all the time
There is a limited amount of energy in the universe
Stars generate most of the energy in the universe.
Dark matter absorbs most of the energy 
in the universe.
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