potential energy
kinetic energy
Potential or Kinetic
Energy
Miscellaneous
100

T/F: The more mass an object has, the less PE it has.



FALSE

100

Does a car battery store kinetic energy?

No

100

A parachutist about to jump.

potential energy

100

the more _______ something has the more kinetic energy it has

What is mass/velocity?

100

When you knock over a line of dominoes, what happens to the kinetic energy?

It gets transferred from one domino to the next. 



200

The higher up an object is, the higher its _________.



POTENTIAL ENERGY

200

T/F: A ball rolling down the hill has KE.

True

200

A person walking along a road

kinetic energy

200

energy is measured in

What is joules

200

If you drop a bowling ball off of a roof, where does it have the most kinetic energy?

Just before it hits the ground.



300

True or false: a ball on the ground has more potential energy than a ball on a hill.



FALSE

300

True or false: giving a ball more height before dropping it, will directly increase its KE.

False.

300

a charging bull

What is kinetic?

300

the force that brings objects to the ground

What is gravity

300

If your meatball is placed on top of a mound of spaghetti, what type of energy does it have?

potential



400

Define potential energy.



Energy possessed due to its position within a gravitational field.

400

Define kinetic energy.

Energy an object possesses due to its movement

400

a climber resting on the side a cliff.

What is potential?

400

true or false the faster something moves the more kinetic energy it has

What is true

400

As a roller coaster moves down a hill, what happens to its potential energy?

It is converted into kinetic energy.

500

T/F: A ball that is about to roll down a hill has PE.



True

500

How can I give a car more KE?

Give it more mass or give it more velocity.

500

a falling raindrop.

What is kinetic?

500

At the top of a hill on a rollercoaster, the rollercoaster has maximum _______.  On the way down the hill the ______ turns into ______.  At the bottom of the hill, the rollercoaster has maximum ________.

What is PE, PE, KE, and KE?

500

What happens to the kinetic energy of a glass when it falls and breaks?

Some of it transfers into the floor and air.  Some of it becomes sound.  Some is carried by the pieces in different directions. 



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