Full Throttle
Above and Beyond
Math On The Move
The Great Energy Swap
Wild Card Wonders
100

This type of energy is due to an object’s motion.

What is kinetic energy

100

This type of energy is stored due to an object’s position or condition

What is potential energy?

100

What is the formula for kinetic energy?

What is KE = ½mv²?

100

A toaster changes electrical energy into this.

What is thermal

100

What planet is known as the "Red Planet"?

Mars

200

If a bike speeds up, what happens to its kinetic energy?

What is increases

200

A stretched rubber band has this kind of potential energy

What is elastic potential energy

200

What is the formula for gravitational potential energy?

PE = mgh?

200

A solar panel turns radiant energy into this type of energy.

What is electrical energy?

200

Who wrote the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone?

J.K. Rowling

300

A moving car has more kinetic energy than a rolling ball because it has more of this

What is mass or speed

300

A rock on a ledge has more potential energy if this increases

What is height

300

A 3 kg object moves at 2 m/s. Find its kinetic energy.

What is 6 joules?

300

Describe the energy transfer when a flashlight is turned on. (List 3 energies)

What is chemical → electrical → radiant

300

How many seconds are there in one hour?

3600

400

Which object has more kinetic energy: a 1 kg ball at 10 m/s or a 2 kg ball at 7 m/s?

What is the 2 kg ball

400

What happens to potential energy as a skydiver falls toward Earth?

What is it decreases?

400

A 4 kg object is 5 meters off the ground. What is its potential energy?

What is 196 joules?

400

What energy transformation occurs when a person eats food and runs? (list two energies)

What is chemical to kinetic

400

In the book "The Hunger Games," Rue was a character that helped Katniss. She was from which district?

District 11

500

Describe the relationship between potential and kinetic energy. 

As one increases, the other decreases

500

The term used to describe that an object is moved through a distance

What is work

500

An astronaut lifts a 10 kg tool to a height of 2 meters on a distant planet. The tool now has 160 joules of potential energy. (Use the correct unit label!)

g = 8.0 m/s²

500

In a wind turbine, describe three energy transformations.

What is kinetic (wind) → mechanical (turbine) → electrical (generator)?

500

What is the term for giving human traits to non-human things in literature?
 

What is personification

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