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1Force and Motion LT 1/2 Quiz
Contributed by: Pohly
  • 1. Potential energy is energy that is
A) Energy of position and stored energy
B) Stored energy
C) Energy of position
D) Energy of motion
  • 2. Kinetic energy is energy that is
A) Stored energy
B) Energy of motion
C) Energy of position
D) Energy of position and stored energy
  • 3. Which of the following examples show potential energy
A) An apple on top of a table
B) Girl on top of a diving board
C) All of the answer choices
D) Holding books
  • 4. Which of the following examples show kinetic energy?
A) Car racing on a track
B) All of the answer choices
C) Kicking soccer ball
D) Ball rolling down a hill
  • 5. As mass increases in an object the amount of force required to move it?
A) Stays the same
B) Doesn’t affect it
C) Decreases
D) Increases
  • 6. What force is acting on a ball that is rolling across the floor?
A) Friction
B) Kinetic energy
C) Gravity
D) Potential energy
  • 7. What is the main force acting on a pebble rolling down a mountain?
A) Friction
B) Kinetic energy
C) Gravity
D) Potential energy
  • 8. What type of energy is represented by the letter A?
A) Potential energy
B) Kinetic energy
  • 9. What are the net forces in the following diagrams?
A) 0(N)
B) 10 (N)
C) 20 (N)
  • 10. What are the net forces in the following diagrams?
A) 18 (N)
B) 12 (N)
C) 2 (N)
  • 11. The energy related to the motion of an object is called —
A) potential energy
B) electrical energy
C) kinetic energy
D) chemical energy
  • 12. At what point would the Speedy roller coaster car have the most kinetic energy?
A) 4
B) 6
C) 3
D) 5
  • 13. At what point would the Speedy roller coaster car have the most potential energy?
A) 6
B) 3
C) 5
D) 4
  • 14. The graph above shows the position of a moving object from 0 to 5 seconds. Which of the following statements is TRUE for the moving object?
A) The moving object is accelerating and changing its speed throughout the measurement.
B) The moving object is slowing down and finally stops at the 5­second mark.
C) The distance the moving object travels is the same for each second.
D) The moving object is traveling at a constant speed throughout the measurement.
  • 15. As the ball rises in the air, it is acted on by the force of gravity. This force causes the ball to —
A) speed up, keep its same direction, and then slow down as it falls to the ground
B) slow down, change direction, and then speed up until it falls to the ground
C) travel at the same speed until it hits the ground
D) travel in the same direction until it hits the ground
  • 16. Students in a physics class placed a steel ball at the top of a long ramp. As the ball rolled down the ramp, the students measured the distance the ball had traveled at various times. What unbalanced force is affecting the steel ball the most, and how is it affecting the ball's motion?
A) Gravity is the greatest unbalanced force, and it is causing the ball to speed up.
B) The initial push of the ball is the greatest unbalanced force, and it is causing the ball to speed up.
C) Friction with the ramp is the greatest unbalanced force, and it is causing the ball to slow down.
D) Friction with the air is the greatest unbalanced force, and it is causing the ball to slow down.
  • 17. What type of energy is represented by the letter b?
A) Kinetic Energy
B) Potential Energy
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