Kinetic Energy
Which one has kinetic energy?
A soccer ball flying through the air
A soccer ball on the ground
A soccer ball on the table
A soccer ball flying through the air
Which one of these has potential energy?
A charged battery
A person skateboarding down a ramp
A charged battery
What form of energy is music?
Sound Energy
What is evidence?
Information that is used to support or go against a claim.
Explain one of the systems you created and how it works.
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What is one example of something that has kinetic energy?
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Name something that has potential energy.
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What form of energy is a fire place?
Thermal Energy
What is a claim?
Answer to a question about the natural world.
One fitness magazine suggested that the food that you eat is like a battery because it has energy. Do you think that the banana that Mark ate before he ran had energy? Explain why you think this.
I know that Mark has energy because he is running. He had to get that energy to run from somewhere, and I think that energy came from the banana.
Which point in a rollercoaster is there the most kinetic energy?
When the rollercoaster is going down a big hill.
Which one has more potential energy?
A bow and arrow being stretched
A bow and arrow not being stretched
A bow and arrow being stretched
Kinetic and Potential Energy are forms of what type of energy?
What is the definition of energy?
The ability to make things move or change.
After Mark plugs his phone into a battery pack, does the amount of energy in the battery pack increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain why.
The amount of energy in the battery pack decreases after Mark plugs his phone into it. This is because energy is transferred from the battery pack to his phone, so there must be less energy in the battery pack.
When the toy is wound up and moving across a the platform.
Which point of a rollercoaster is the potential energy at its highest?
When the rollercoaster is at its tallest peek.
Which form of energy is lightning?
Electrical Energy
What is the definition of transfer?
To move from one object to another or one place to another.
Why would Mark’s phone start playing music again when he plugs his phone into a battery pack?
Mark's phone started playing music again when he plugged his phone in because the battery transferred energy to his phone.
What is Kinetic Energy?
The energy that something has because it is moving.
What is Potential Energy?
The energy that is stored in an object or system.
Which form of energy are we helping the rescue team create energy for?
Light energy
What is the definition of convert?
To change from one type to another.
Halfway through Mark's run, his music stopped playing, was there energy in Mark's phone? What is your evidence?
Halfway through Mark's run when the music stopped playing, there was no energy in his phone. My evidence is that his phone couldn’t play music anymore.