Potential and Kinetic Investigate Energy Transformations

Open Ended

Students set up an investigation using a spring scale, ramp, a 300-gram block, and 1-3 books.

What are students most likely testing, AND what can they expect to observe?

Enter your answer below.

Multiple Choice

1 Which statement completes the graphic organizer?

• Measuring someone’s temperature

• Having your ice cream melt in the sun.

• Riding a bike.

• The electricity running through your television.

Multiple Choice

1 A student records the following information about what was observed the classroom.

Characteristics of Mechanical Energy

Which example of mechanical energy is being described?

• Sharpening a pencil.

• Throwing a ball.

• Melting a ball.

• Breaking a pencil.

Multiple Choice

Which of these has the most potential energy?

Multiple Choice

What is potential energy?

• The stored energy of an object due to its position or condition.

• The energy that an object has due to its motion.

• The energy an object has due to its speed.

• The energy an object has due to its volume.

Multiple Choice

Which passenger has the most potential energy?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which object has the most potential energy?

• A ball resting on the ground

• A ball thrown at 100 miles per hour

• A ball on top of the refrigerator

• A ball resting on the edge of cliff

Multiple Choice

When does an object have no kinetic energy?

• When it is at rest

• When it is moving very slowly

• When the only force acting on it is gravity

• When it has no electrical charge

Multiple Choice

Does this phrase describe potential energy or kinetic energy?

The energy of a speeding racecar.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

Multiple Choice

Does this phrase describe Potential Energy (PE) or Kinetic Energy (KE)?

The energy of a spinning bicycle wheel.

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential Energy

Multiple Choice

At which of the 4 positions does the cart have the least potential energy?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct?

• The car has less kinetic energy because it has more mass than the girl.

• The car has the most kinetic energy because it has more mass than the girl.

• The car and the girl have the same amount of kinetic energy because they are moving at the same speed.

• The girl has the most kinetic energy because she has less mass than the car.

Multiple Choice

At the bottom of Hill 2, the rollercoaster has about 30 J of potential energy and 70 J of kinetic energy. What does this tell us about the energy of the rollercoaster?

• The rollercoaster lost energy as it moved.

• The rollercoaster gained extra energy from the hill.

• The rollercoaster’s total energy stayed the same, but the type of energy changed.

• The rollercoaster had more potential energy than kinetic energy.

Multiple Choice

Which point has the most potential energy?

• G
• f
• b
• a

Multiple Choice

A what point does the water have the most gravitational potential?

• A
• B
• C
• There is no gravitational potential

Multiple Choice

Where does the ball have the maximum kinetic energy and least potential energy?

• 1
• 7
• 12
• 31

Open Ended

The image below shows four soccer balls at different locations on an uneven soccer field. Which ball has the greatest amount of kinetic energy?