Kinetic, Potential, and Forms of Energy

True or False: Energy cannot change from one form to another.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

At which point is potential energy the highest?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is potential energy?

• moving energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

• nonrenewable energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is kinetic energy?

• moving energy

• potential energy

• stored energy

• renewable energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What kind of energy is in a rock resting on the edge of a cliff?

• potential

• kinetic

• both potential and kinetic

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?

• A car parked at the top of a steep hill.

• A picture hanging on a wall.

• A piece of coal before it is burned.

• A tennis ball rolling across a tennis court.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

When a pendulum swings, at which point is kinetic energy the highest?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Which of the following would have the greatest kinetic energy?

• Leaves rolling down a hill.

• A ball rolling down a hill.

• A person running down a hill.

• A car driving down a hill.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Your body obtains energy from the food you eat. What is the form of energy in food?

• Kinetic

• Elastic

• Gravitational

• Chemical

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Identify the type of energy shown.

• Thermal

• Sound

• Mechanical

• Electrical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4