Potential & Kinetic Energy Interactive Lesson

Law of Conservation of Energy

Newton's First Law

Law of Thermodynamics

Law of Gravity

Newtons

Inches

Joules

Liters

Move the object closer to the ground

Increase the mass of the object

Increase the distance from the object to the ground

Move the object to a place with less gravitational pull

height and mass

speed and mass

gravity and height

speed and gravity

Potential energy is always greater than kinetic energy.

Kinetic energy is always greater than potential energy.

Potential energy decreases as kinetic energy increases.

Kinetic energy and potential energy remain constant.

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All positions have equal energy

Potential energy is energy of motion.

Kinetic energy is stored energy.

Both potential and kinetic energy can transform into other forms of energy.

Potential energy increases as motion increases.

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Standing on the end of a diving board

Falling from the top of a ladder

A rubber band pulled back as far as it can go

Water in a lake behind a dam

Standing on the end of a diving board and then jumping off

A bobsled moving at its greatest speed around the final turn

A basketball sitting on the rim before falling into the hoop

A satellite orbiting the Earth

A baseball has reached its highest point after being hit towards the top of the stadium.

A satellite that is orbiting the Earth at nearly 20,000 miles/hour.

A cliff diver is just about to jump off an 18m high cliff.

A girl is swinging and she is at her highest point of the swing.