
Potential vs Kinetic Energy
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Physics
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6th - 8th Grade
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Alex Wade
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Potential vs Kinetic Energy
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Essential Question: How do kinetic and potential energy work together?
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Open Ended
Look at the following image to answer the questions below.
1. Which car has more kinetic energy? Why?
2. Which has more kinetic energy the truck or the green car? Why?
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Open Ended
If you had a ball just sitting in your hand would that ball have energy? Why or why not?
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Open Ended
Can a ball that is dropped have potential energy and kinetic energy at the same time? Explain your answer.
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Open Ended
Law of Conservation: energy can be transformed from one form into another, but energy cannot be created or destroyed.
So, what does that mean? Write what the law of conservation is in your own words.
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Open Ended
Use this picture to explain why there can be kinetic and potential energy at the same time.
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Multiple Choice
What two things determine the amount of kinetic energy an object has?
height and speed
force and speed
height and mass
mass and speed
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Multiple Choice
What two factors determine the gravitational potential energy between an object and the earth?
speed and height
height and mass
force and speed
speed and mass
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Multiple Choice
True or False: gravitational potential energy decreases as it gets closer to earth
True
False
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Multiple Choice
If a ball is thrown in the air where is the greatest potential energy of the ball?
highest point
lowest point
in the middle
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