Potential or Kinetic
Forms of Energy
Word Problems
Energy Transformations
100

A baby carriage is rolling down a hill

Kinetic Energy

100
Batteries

Chemical Energy

100

A cinder block is sitting on a platform 20 m high. It weighs 79 N. The block has _____________ energy. Calculate it.

Potential Energy = 1580 J

100

Flashlight 

Chemical Energy (batteries) --> Light Energy

200

A bell at the top of a tower

Potential Energy

200

Release of energy from the sun

Radiant

200

You serve a volleyball with a mass of 2.1 kg. The ball leaves your hand with a speed of 30 m/s. The ball has ______________________ energy. Calculate it.

Kinetic Energy = 945 J

200

Guitar being played

Mechanical --> Sound

300

Describe one example of an object with potential energy

Answers may vary. Ask Ms.Benabo or Tanya to check.

300

Gasoline

Chemical

300

What is the kinetic energy of a 1-kilogram ball is thrown into the air with an initial velocity of 30 m/sec? 

450 J

300

Burning Candle

Chemical (wax) --> Light and Thermal

400

Identify and describe one example of an object with kinetic energy

Answers may vary. Ask Ms. Benabo or Tanya to check.

400

Fission Reactors

Nuclear Energy

400

What is the velocity of a 500-kg elevator that has 4000 J of energy

4 m/s

400

Toaster

Electrical --> Thermal

500

Describe why energy in chemical bonds is _____ (K or P) energy

Energy in chemical bonds is potential energy. It is potential energy because the energy is stored energy  possessed by an atom, which is released through  chemical reactions.

500

Turkey Melt

Chemical Energy

500

What is the mass of an object that creates 33,750 J of energy by travelling at 30 m/s?

75 kg

500

Photosynthesis

Radiant --> Chemical