Potential and Kinetic Energy

If an object is moving, then it has

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Heat Energy

• Sound Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

A person standing on top of a diving board has

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential and Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A sled at the top of a hill has

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential and Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A sled halfway down a hill has

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential and Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

A moving sled at the bottom of a hill has

• Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

• Potential and Kinetic Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which of these has Potential Energy

• A ball sitting on the floor

• A car on the highway

• A fully charged battery

• A lightbulb

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which of these has potential energy

• A rubber band stretched between your fingers

• A rubber band sitting on the floor

• A rock on the ground

• A dead battery

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which has the most Kinetic Energy?

• A running child

• A sitting child

• A parked car

• A car on the highway

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Which has the most potential energy?

• A kid sitting on a bench

• A ball rolling through the grass

• A kid high up in a tree

• A kid on the lowest branch of a tree

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Which type of potential energy helps you shoot a bow and arrow?

• Kinetic

• Elastic

• Gravitational

• Chemical