Kinetic Energy
Elastic Potential Energy and Gravitational Potential Energy
Mechanical Energy
Examples
Potential Energy
100
the energy of motion
What is Kinetic Energy?
100

Tell us the definition of gravitational potential energy.

What is potential energy caused by position of an object above Earth's surface.

100
What is the energy of an object that is due to its motion or position?
What is mechanical energy?
100

A guy is skateboarding down a hill - what type of energy does he have?

What is kinetic energy?

100

True or false: Potential energy is movement energy? If false tell us what type of energy it really is.

What is False and kinetic energy?

200
What is the formula for kinetic energy?
KE= 1/2mv^2
200
Tell us the definition of elastic potential energy.
What is potential energy caused by something being compressed?
200
Mechanical energy is calculated by......
What is Potential energy +Kinetic energy
200

A skiier is at the top of a mountain - what type of energy does the skiier have?

Gravitational potential energy

200
Why does an object have potential energy?
What is it is due to its position and its shape?
300
What is the opposite energy of Kinetic energy?
What is potential energy?
300

How do you calculate gravitational potential energy?

What is GPE= mass x gravity x height = mgh

300

Mechanical energy is the overall energy of _______

motion

300

What type of energy does a trampoline have when you are standing on it?

What is elastic potential energy?

300

If a ball is standing still at the top of a hill it has....

What is gravitational potential energy?

400
the __________ an object moves, the more kinetic energy it has
Faster
400

What is the unit for measuring energy?

Joules

400

Any object with mechanical energy can do _______ on another object

What is work?

400

On top of a roller coaster, which energy do you have?

What is gravitational potential energy?

400

What is your favorite subject in school?

SCIENCE

500

If a ball is rolling at 2 meters per second and it is 1 kg. What is the Kinetic energy?

What is KE= 2?

500

What is the unit for measuring force?

Newtons

500

Mechanical energy is the total of  ______________________ and ___________________

kinetic energy and potential energy 

500

At the bottom of a rollercoaster hill, what type of energy does the car have?

kinetic energy

500
Name the types of potential energy.
What is elastic potential energy and gravitational potential energy?