Energy Worksheet

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1. Which of the following has the most potential energy?

A. A car at the top of a hill
B. A car speeding down the hill
C. A person at the top of a hill
2. Kinetic and potential energy both relate to:
A. Heat
B. Light
C. Motion
3. What is potential energy?
A. The energy an object has due to its motion
B. The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition
C. The energy an object might have if it existed
4. What is kinetic energy?
A. The energy an object has due to its motion
B. The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition
C. The energy an object might have if it existed
5. What is an example of kinetic energy at work?
A. A ball lodged in a tree
B. A frisbee flying through the air
C. A car in the garage
6. What does kinetic energy depend on?
A. The weight and volume of an object
B. The buoyancy of an object
C. The mass and speed of an object
7. What would have the greatest kinetic energy?
A. A car driving down a hill
B. A person running down a hill
C. A ball rolling down a hill
8. What has the least kinetic energy?
A. A car
B. A satellite orbiting in space
C. An object that is not moving
9. When is kinetic energy transferred from one object to another?
A. When those objects pass one another
B. When those objects are in two places
C. When those objects collide
10. Can you create or destroy energy?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Only if you are really strong

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1. What is the equation for kinetic energy?(explain!)

2. What is the equation for gravitational energy? (explain!)

3. What is the equation for kinetic energy? (explain!)

4. How much energy does a 60W bulb transfer in 1 minute?

5. How much energy does a 9V cell transfer if a current of 50mA flows for 30s?
a. How much energy is transferred to light in a bulb of the circuit above if it is
only 15% efficient?

6. How much energy does an 80kg man have jogging at 4m/s?

7. If a cheetah has a mass of approximately 40kg. How fast must it be travelling to

have 2000 joules of kinetic energy?

8. A skier has to ski down one mountain and back up another smaller one. How fast
must they be travelling at the bottom of the mountain in order to reach the top of
the second if it is 64m high?

9. Show the a 50kg and 90kg person will both finish at the bottom of a 60m
waterslide with the same speed, what will this speed be?

10. How much energy is transferred lifting weights if they are 40 kg and brought from
the ground to 2m?

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