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Check for Understanding - Kinetic Energy

Quiz by Christiaan Heunis

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  • Q1
    How do mass and speed affect the kinetic energy of an object?
    Kinetic energy only increases with higher speed.
    Kinetic energy does not depend on mass or speed.
    Kinetic energy only increases with higher mass.
    Kinetic energy increases with both higher mass and higher speed.
    30s
  • Q2
    If the speed of an object is doubled, how does its kinetic energy change?
    The kinetic energy becomes twice as great.
    The kinetic energy stays the same.
    The kinetic energy becomes four times greater.
    The kinetic energy becomes half as great.
    30s
  • Q3
    What happens to the kinetic energy of an object if its mass is tripled while its speed remains constant?
    The kinetic energy stays the same.
    The kinetic energy becomes nine times greater.
    The kinetic energy doubles.
    The kinetic energy triples.
    30s
  • Q4
    If two objects have the same speed but different masses, which one has more kinetic energy?
    Both objects have the same kinetic energy.
    The object with the smaller mass has more kinetic energy.
    The object with the larger mass has more kinetic energy.
    Neither object's mass affects the kinetic energy.
    30s
  • Q5
    If an object's mass is halved and its speed is tripled, how does its kinetic energy change?
    The kinetic energy doubles.
    The kinetic energy becomes 4.5 times greater.
    The kinetic energy stays the same.
    The kinetic energy is halved.
    30s
  • Q6
    What happens to the kinetic energy of an object if its speed is reduced to half while its mass remains the same?
    The kinetic energy is halved.
    The kinetic energy becomes one-fourth as much.
    The kinetic energy remains the same.
    The kinetic energy doubles.
    30s
  • Q7
    Which of the following factors will cause the kinetic energy of an object to increase?
    Decreasing the mass of the object.
    Moving the object to a higher altitude.
    Keeping both mass and speed the same.
    Increasing the speed of the object.
    30s
  • Q8
    If an object is moving at a constant speed and its mass is doubled, what happens to its kinetic energy?
    The kinetic energy doubles.
    The kinetic energy quadruples.
    The kinetic energy is halved.
    The kinetic energy stays the same.
    30s
  • Q9
    If the mass of an object is quadrupled but its speed stays the same, how does the object's kinetic energy change?
    The kinetic energy halves.
    The kinetic energy quadruples.
    The kinetic energy doubles.
    The kinetic energy stays the same.
    30s
  • Q10
    How does the kinetic energy of an object change if its speed is constant and its mass is decreased by half?
    The kinetic energy becomes one-fourth.
    The kinetic energy is halved.
    The kinetic energy doubles.
    The kinetic energy remains the same.
    30s

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