Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Forms of Energy
Energy Vocabulary
Short Response Questions
100

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


Deci-Plexi!!!

100

Which one of these has potential energy?

A charged battery

A person skateboarding down a ramp


A charged battery

100

What form of energy is music? 

A. Thermal energy

B. Sound Energy

C. Voice Energy

D. Mechanical Energy

E. Electrical Energy

Sound Energy 

You are now tied with the winning team!

100

What is evidence? 

Proof to back up a claim.

100

Explain one of the systems that you have created and how it works. 

You MUST use the terms energy and transferred.

Deci-Plexi if you are correct!

200

2x + 4x-8 + 3 =29

What is the value of x?

10


Double-Wobble!!!

200

52 + 43 -8 =

81

Quadruple Beautiful!!!

Lose 400 points if you got this wrong!

200

What form of energy is a fire place? 

A. Thermal energy

B. Sound Energy

C. Voice Energy

D. Mechanical Energy

E. Electrical Energy

Thermal Energy 

Triple Whipple!!!

200

What is a claim?

Answer to a question about the natural world. 

200

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 Tamyia ate before she ran had energy? Explain why you think this.

You MUST use the terms energy and transferred.

I know that Mr. Ditsch 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.

Triple Whipple!!!

300

Which point in a rollercoaster is there the most kinetic energy?

When the rollercoaster is going down...

Triple Whipple!

300

True or False.

Hot water freezes faster than cold water....

True 

Tie for first place!!!

300

Kinetic and Potential Energy are forms of what type of energy?

A. Thermal energy

B. Sound Energy

C. Voice Energy

D. Mechanical Energy

E. Electrical Energy

Mechanical Energy 

Quadruple Beautiful!!!

300

What is the definition of energy?

The ability to make things move or change. 

300

After Mrs. Kelly plugs her phone into a battery pack, does the amount of energy in the battery pack increase, decrease, or stay the same? Explain why.

You MUST use the terms energy and transferred.

The amount of energy in the battery pack decreases after Mrs. Kelly plugs her phone into it. This is because energy is transferred from the battery pack to her phone, so there must be less energy in the battery pack.

Double Wobble!

400

When does a wind-up toy have kinetic energy?

When the toy is wound up and moving across a the platform. 

400

Which point of a rollercoaster is the potential energy at its highest? 

When the rollercoaster is at its tallest peek. 

400

Which form of energy is lightning? 

A. Thermal energy

B. Sound Energy

C. Voice Energy

D. Mechanical Energy

E. Electrical Energy

Electrical Energy 

400

What is the definition of transfer? 

To move from one object to another or one place to another. 

Take 400 points from another team!

400

Why would Mr. Muhammad's phone start playing music when he plugs his phone into a battery pack?

You MUST use the terms energy and transferred.

Mr. Muhammad's phone started playing music again when he plugged his phone in because the battery transferred energy to his phone.

500

What is Kinetic Energy? 

The energy that something has because it is moving. 

500

What is Potential Energy?

The energy that is stored in an object or system. 

Double Wobble!!!

500

Which form of energy are we helping the rescue team create energy for? 

A. Thermal energy

B. Sound Energy

C. Light Energy

D. Mechanical Energy

Light energy 

Double Wobble!!!

500

What was the original color of Coca-Cola?

Green... Walking Tacos for your team if you got this right!

500

Halfway through Mr. Murphy's run, his music stopped playing, was there energy in Mr. Murphy's phone? What is your evidence?

You MUST use the terms energy and evidence.

Halfway through Mr. Murphy'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.