Energy Check-Up

What is energy?

• Energy is when something is moving.

• Energy is the ability to make an object move or to cause a change.

• Energy is motion.

• Energy is potential and kinetic.

Energy of motion is also known as

• potential energy.

• stored energy.

• kinetic energy.

• conserved energy.

All moving objects have energy, called energy of __________.

• motion

• transfer

• kicking

• hitting

Which would have more energy?

• a soccer ball being kicked

• a ping pong ball being hit

Which would have more energy?

• a basketball being bounced

• a tennis ball being bounced

Which would have more energy?

• an acorn falling to the ground

• an apple falling to the ground

Which would have more energy?

• a golf ball rolling slowly toward the hole

• a kickball rolling slowly towards a kickball player

Which would have more energy?

• a cotton ball being thrown into the trash can

• a water bottle being thrown into the trash can

Which would have more energy?

• an eraser being thrown across the classroom

• an Expo marker being thrown across the classroom

Which would have more energy?

• a full soda can being tossed into the air

• an empty soda can being tossed into the air