Kinetic and Potential Ex.
Kinetic Energy
Potential energy
Vocab
100

How do things get energy

Transferred from other things with energy

100

Is a boulder rolling down a hill Kinetic or Potential energy?

Kinetic

100

What is an example of potential energy A-Sitting on a ladder B-Running away from a monster C-Falling into a hole D-A fire

A-Sitting on a ladder

100

Energy can be _______ from one type to another type

Converted 

200

A roller coaster is at the top of the track. What kind of energy does it have? A-Potential B-Kinetic C-Joule D-X-axis

A. Potential

200

Kinetic energy is energy that is __________

A. Stored   B. Lost   C. In Motion   D. None

C. In Motion

200

True Or False, pancakes are a source of potential energy

True

200

The faster an object moves the greater its ______ energy.

Kinetic energy

300

What is an example of kinetic energy? A-Soccer ball sitting on the ground B-Car driving down the highway C-Plane on the tarmac D-stretched rubber band

B. Car driving down the highway

300

What do the arrows show in an energy transfer diagram? 

They show where the energy is going (moving from one thing to the next)

300

A taller slide, with a person sitting at the top, has more ________ energy compared to a shorter slide.

potential energy

300

Potential energy will increase with ________ 

height

400

Can the kinetic energy of a ball at the bottom of a hill be more than the potential energy at the top? 

No

400

Which would have the greatest kinetic energy if they were all traveling down the road? (think of which would be easiest for you to stop)

A. A car   B. A tennis ball   C. A semi truck   D. A feather

What is C - a semi truck because it has the most mass.

400

At what point of a slide is your kinetic energy the greatest?

Right at the bottom of the slide?

400

Energy can be _________ from one object to another object

transferred 

500

Energy can be ________________ from one type to another. 

A-Destroyed   B-Transferred   C-Converted  D-Ignored

What is C-Converted 

500

What is an example of Kinetic energy? A-rock rolling down a hill B-Roller coaster at bottom of track C-person running D-A rubber band flying through the air

!!ALL!!

500
As you go down a slide, what happens to the potential energy?

The Potential energy is converted to Kinetic energy

500

Energy of heat

thermal energy

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