KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY WORKSHEET, Study Guides, Projects, Research of Kinematics

Download KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY WORKSHEET and more Study Guides, Projects, Research Kinematics in PDF only on Docsity! KINETIC AND POTENTIAL ENERGY WORKSHEET Name:________________________ Determine whether the objects in the following problems have kinetic or potential energy. Then choose the correct formula to use: KE = 1/2 m v2 OR PE = mgh 1. You serve a volleyball with a mass of 2.1 kg. The ball leaves your hand with a speed of 30 m/s. The ball has ____________ energy. Calculate it. 2. A baby carriage is sitting at the top of a hill that is 21 m high. The carriage with the baby has a mass of 12 kg. The carriage has ____________ energy. Calculate it. 3. A car is traveling with a velocity of 40 m/s and has a mass of 1120 kg. The car has ___________energy. Calculate it. 4. A cinder block is sitting on a platform 20 m high. It has a mass of 79 kg. The block has _____________ energy. Calculate it. 5. There is a bell at the top of a tower that is 45 m high. The bell’s mass is 190 kg. The bell has ____________ energy. Calculate it. 6. A roller coaster is at the top of a 72 m hill and has a mass of 966 kg. The coaster (at this moment) has ____________ energy. Calculate it. 7. What is the kinetic energy of a 3-kilogram ball that is rolling at 2 meters per second? 8. The potential energy of an apple is 6.00 joules. The apple is 3.00-meters high. What is the mass of the apple? 9. What is the potential energy of a 3 kilogram-ball that is on the ground? 10. What is the kinetic energy of a 2,000-kilogram boat moving at 5 m/sec? 11. What is the mass of an object that creates 33,750 joules of energy by traveling at 30 m/sec?