Forms of Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Energy Vocabulary
100

What form of energy is music? 

Sound Energy 

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

100

Which one of these has potential energy?

A charged battery

A person skateboarding down a ramp


A charged battery

100

What is the definition of energy?

The ability to make things move or change. 

200

What form of energy is a fire place? 

Thermal Energy 

200

What is Kinetic Energy? 

The energy that something has because it is moving. 

200

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

200

What is the definition of transfer? 

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

300

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

Mechanical Energy 
300

What is one example of something that has kinetic energy? 

Answers may vary 

300

What is Potential Energy?

The energy that is stored in an object or system. 

300

What is the definition of convert? 

To change from one type to another.

400

Which form of energy is lightning? 

Electrical Energy 

400
When does a wind-up toy have kinetic energy?

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

400

Name something that has potential energy.

Answers may vary. 

400

What is a claim?

Answer to a question about the natural world. 

500

Which form of energy does the rescue team need?

Electrical energy 

500

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

When the rollercoaster is going down a big hill. 

500

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

When the rollercoaster is at its tallest peek. 

500

What is evidence? 

Information that is used to support or go against a claim.