Mechanical Energy

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.

What is mechanical energy?

• Objects that are burning up in the sky.

• The ability to do work or cause change.

• A state of matter such as solid, liquid or gas

• An electric current that travel through a circuit.

The football player uses the body to play the sport. Which type of energy does a carpenter use with her body to get the job done?

• Mechanical

• Electrical

• Light

• Solar

Which of the following actions does not require mechanical energy to function?

• Sharpen a pencil.

• Riding a bike.

• Rotating a motor.

• Melting ice.

Which statement is true?

• You need mechanical energy measure a ball.

• You don’t need mechanical energy at all when

  you are riding a bike.

• You always need electrical energy to run a

  motor.

• There is no need for mechanical energy.

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.

1 Mechanical energy is the energy is the ability to cause ________or do __________.

Which list contains the correct words to complete the sentence above?

• change, work

• damage, work

• work, everything

• effect, motion