Kinetic Energy Problems
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A car is at rest (not moving). What is its kinetic energy?
What is 0 J ?
100
What is the GPE of an object that has a height of zero meters above the ground?
What is 0 Joules?
100
The units for energy
What are Joules?
100
A football flying through the air has a KE of 50 Joules and GPE of 35 Joules. What is the mechanical energy?
What is 85 Joules?
100
The ability to make things move or change.
What is energy?
200
A soccer player with a mass of 50 kg is running at a speed of 15 m/s. What is her KE?
What is 5625 Joules.
200
What is the GPE of a helicopter on Earth that is 200 meters above ground and has a mass of 1300 kg.
What is 2,548,000 Joules?
200
The units for velocity
What are meters per second?
200
A roller coaster with a mass of 30 kg is at a height of 25 meters. It is traveling at a rate of 12 m/s. What is its mechanical energy?
What is 9510 Joules?
200
The stored energy that an object has due to its position or location.
What is gravitational potential energy?
300

What is the kinetic energy of Usain Bolt if he is running at his record breaking velocity of 12.41 m/s and he has a mass of 94 kg?

What is 7238.38 Joules?

300
What is the GPE of an 500kg alien that is flying 3 meters above the ground on Venus? (gravity on Venus = 8.87 m/s^2)
What is 13,305 Joules?
300
The units for gravity
What are meters/second squared?
300
An object's combined kinetic and potential energy.
What is mechanical energy?
300
The energy that an object has because it is moving.
What is kinetic energy?
400
Ms. Felipe's eraser has a mass of 0.05 kilograms and it 2 meters above the ground. If she pushes it so it has a velocity of 3 m/s, what is the kinetic energy?
What is .225 Joules?
400
A skydiver has a GPE of 2,352,000 Joules and a mass of 60 kg. What height are they jumping from?
What is 4000 meters?
400
The units for mass * gravity
What are Newtons?
400
Mechanical energy depends on two things.
What are gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy?
400
Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be changed from one form to another.
What is the law of conservation of energy?
500

What is the velocity of an drone on Earth that is 1000 meters above the ground and has a PE of 30,000 Joules and a mechanical energy of 50,000?

What is 114.311 meters/second ?

500

A bird is flying at a velocity of 2 m/s with a kinetic energy of 2 J and mechanical energy of 20 J. What height is the bird flying at?

What is 1.836 meters?

500

What are Joules equal to in terms of kilograms, meters and seconds?

What is (kg * m^2)/ s^2

500

What is the mechanical energy of a ball that is lying at rest on the ground?

What is 0 Joules?

500

What is the law of conservation of energy?

What is "energy cannot be created or destroyed."?

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