Exploring Potential and Kinetic Energy

What type of energy is stored in a stretched rubber band or a compressed spring?

• Gravitational potential energy

• Elastic potential energy

• Chemical potential energy

• Kinetic energy

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TEKS.SCI.6.8A

Compare and contrast gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy. Which statement is true?

• Both energies depend on if the object is stretched or compressed.

• Gravitational potential energy is due to motion, while kinetic energy is due to position.

• Gravitational potential energy is stored energy due to position, while kinetic energy is energy of motion.

• Both energies are forms of chemical energy.

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TEKS.SCI.6.8A

A ball is held at a height of 5 meters and then dropped. Describe the energy transformation that occurs as it falls.

• Kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy.

• Gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.

• Chemical potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.

• Elastic potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy.

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TEKS.SCI.6.8A

Which of the following best describes chemical potential energy?

• Energy stored in the height of an object

• Energy stored in the bonds of molecules

• Energy due to an object's motion

• Energy stored in a stretched or compressed object

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TEKS.SCI.6.8A

Potential energy is __________ energy. 

• motion 
• moving
• slow
• stored

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Kinetic energy is __________________ energy. 

• potential 
• stored
• moving
• waiting to be released 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Would you have more kinetic energy if you are traveling fast or slow? 

• fast
• slow

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

Does a bike rider have more potential energy at the top of the hill before he begins his ride or at the bottom of the hill after he has finished his ride? 

• the same amount at the top and the bottom 
• bottom of the hill 
• top of the hill

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Explain what happens to the potential energy of a rock as it falls off the side of a cliff.

• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy increases.
• The kinetic energy decreases as the potential energy decreases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy increases.
• The potential energy decreases as the kinetic energy decreases. 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Kinetic energy depends on_________ and _________.

• speed and mass

• speed and height

• height and mass

• energy and height

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1