Potential
Kinetic
PE or KE Scenarios
Terms to Know
True or False
100

The greater the _____, the greater the potential energy.

Mass
100

The greater the ____, the greater the kinetic energy.

Mass

100

A truck driving off a cliff

Kinetic

100

The ability to do work

Energy

100
Every moving particle has kinetic energy

True

200

The amount of potential energy is determined by its _____ and ______.

Height and Mass

200

The amount of kinetic energy is determined by its _____ and _____.

Speed and Velocity
200

Rain falling 

Kinetic

200

Activity in which one exerts energy to do or perform something

Work

200

Every particle has potential energy

False

If something has no forces acting on it, like gravity, there is no potential energy.

300

The ______ an object, the greater its potential energy.

Higher

300

The _____ an object moves, the greater its kinetic energy.

Faster

300

Holding a bowstring back

Potential

300

The force that attracts a body towards the center of the Earth

Gravity

300

Every form of energy is either potential or kinetic

True

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