Key Ideas Presentation: Elastic and Chemical Potential

Write your own definition for elastic potential energy.

Reorder

Reorder the following springs from least (1) to greatest (3) elastic potential energy.

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Write your own definition for Chemical potential energy.

Open Ended

The following toy is run on batteries. Explain why batteries are considered chemical potential energy and how the energy is transformed into kinetic.

Open Ended

List ways in which the chemical potential energy in these fireworks can cause change.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best represents potential energy?

• Air leaking rapidly from a car tire.

• A marble sitting at the top of a ramp.

• Heat radiating from a large forest fire.

• Water flowing through a rubber hose.

Multiple Choice

As a boulder rolls from the top of a hill to the bottom, how does

its potential and kinetic energy change?

• Potential and kinetic energy both increase.

• Potential increases and kinetic decreases.

• Potential decreases and kinetic increases.

• Potential and kinetic energy both decrease.

Categorize

Options (8)

Categorize the examples into Potential and Kinetic Energy

Kinetic Energy

Potential Energy

Categorize

Options (14)

a moving car

running

riding a bicycle

falling object

flowing water

moving train

spinning top

stretched spring

water behind a dam

compressed gas

raised weight

boulder on a hill

charged battery

food in a refrigerator

Categorize the examples

Kinetic Energy

Potential Energy