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Types of Energy Quiz
Contributed by: Ochs
  • 1. What is the total amount of potential and kinetic energy called?
A) energy sum
B) total energy
C) fundamental energy
D) mechanical energy
  • 2. What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band?
A) chemical potential energy
B) elastic potential energy
C) gravitational potential energy
D) rubber band potential energy
  • 3. what type of energy is stored in the molecular bonds of a substance?
A) kinetic energy
B) gravitational potential energy
C) chemical potential energy
D) elastic potential energy
  • 4. What happens to an object's kinetic as you increase it's speed?
A) it stay the same
B) it decreases
C) it increases
  • 5. What does GPE stand for in physics?
A) gravity pulls everything
B) gravitational possible energy
C) gravity's pull (on) earth
D) gravitational potential energy
  • 6. If an object can fall, what sort of energy does it have before falling?
A) gravitational potential energy
B) falling energy
C) kinetic energy
D) elastic energy
  • 7. What is the SI unit of energy?
A) Joule
B) Newton
C) m/s2
D) kg*m/s
  • 8. Define kinetic energy.
A) the energy due to location
B) the energy of motion
C) the energy stored in bonds
D) the energy from the sun
  • 9. What is the law of conservation of energy?
A) energy can only change form
B) energy cannot be destroyed
C) energy before equals energy after
D) once destroyed, all energy comes back again
  • 10. What is energy stored as heat called?
A) chemical energy
B) kinetic energy
C) thermal energy
  • 11. What is the kinetic energy of a jogger with a mass of 65 kg traveling at a speed 2 m/s?
A) 65 J
B) 32.5 J
C) 260 J
D) 130 J
  • 12. What is the mass of a ball that has a kinetic energy of 115 J and is traveling at 9 m/s?
A) 2.84 kg
B) 23.5 kg
C) 1035 kg
D) 12.8 kg
  • 13. What is the kinetic energy of a 0.45 kg ball that is traveling at a speed of 35 m/s?
A) 15.75 J
B) 77.8 J
C) 275.6 J
D) 154.35 J
  • 14. Find the GPE of a street light that has a mass of 12 kg and is 5 m above the ground.
A) 588 J
B) 2.4 J
C) 150 watts
D) 60 J
  • 15. A exercise ball is on a table 2.5 m above the ground. What is the mass of the ball if it has a GPE of 56.8 J?
A) 71 kg
B) 22.72 kg
C) 2.32 kg
D) 142 kg
  • 16. A steel ball whose mass is 2 kg is rolling at a rate of 4 m/s. What is its momentum?
A) 8 kg*m/s
B) 4 kg*m/s
C) 2 kg*m/s
D) 16 kg*m/s
  • 17. Which has greater momentum, a 32 ounce bird traveling 100 mph or a 100 pound dog traveling at 2 mph?
A) Trick question - birds do not have momentum.
B) The dog
C) They have the same momentum.
D) The bird
  • 18. What physics concept is defined as being either a push or a pull?
A) velocity
B) force
C) energy
D) acceleration
  • 19. Is it possible for an object to have no potential energy and have no kinetic energy?
A) yes
B) no
C) not if it is on the planet earth
  • 20. Define potential energy.
A) the energy of motion.
B) a type of mechanical energy.
C) energy that is the result of being located above the ground.
D) energy that has the potential to become anything it wants.
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