What is kinetic energy?

• Moving energy

• Stored energy

• Electrical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

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What is potential energy?

• Moving energy

• Stored energy

• Electrical Energy

• Mechanical Energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Drag each term to the correct category

Groups:

(a) Potential

,

(b) Kinetic

• A baseball after being thrown

• Driving a car

• A rock on the edge of a cliff

• A battery

• A ball rolling down a hill

• Water stored behind a dam

• Playing a guitar

• A stretched rubber band

• A slingshot pulled back

• Dogs running

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What two factors influence how much potential energy an object has?

• Wind

• Height

• Mass

• Material

Explain what is happening with the Potential and Kinetic Energy of the ball at Point A.

• At the edge of a tall ledge, the ball has the most amount of potential energy it is going to have. It has no kinetic energy.

• The potential energy decreases, the kinetic energy increases.

• The ball is going the fastest it will go, it has the most amount of kinetic energy. It has no potential energy.

• The potential energy increases, the kinetic energy decreases.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Explain what is happening with the Potential and Kinetic Energy of the ball at Point B.

• At the edge of a tall ledge, the ball has the most amount of potential energy it is going to have. It has no kinetic energy.

• The potential energy decreases, the kinetic energy increases.

• The ball is going the fastest it will go, it has the most amount of kinetic energy. It has no potential energy.

• The potential energy increases, the kinetic energy decreases.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Explain what is happening with the Potential and Kinetic Energy of the ball at Point C.

• At the edge of a tall ledge, the ball has the most amount of potential energy it is going to have. It has no kinetic energy.

• The potential energy decreases, the kinetic energy increases.

• The ball is going the fastest it will go, it has the most amount of kinetic energy. It has no potential energy.

• The potential energy increases, the kinetic energy decreases.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Explain what is happening with the Potential and Kinetic Energy of the ball at Point D.

• At the edge of a tall ledge, the ball has the most amount of potential energy it is going to have. It has no kinetic energy.

• The potential energy decreases, the kinetic energy increases.

• The ball is going the fastest it will go, it has the most amount of kinetic energy. It has no potential energy.

• The potential energy increases, the kinetic energy decreases.

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Which of these two bears would have more potential energy?

• The bear on the taller diving board

• The bear on the shorter diving board

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

The bear on the ​ (a)   diving board has​ (b)   potential energy because it is​ (c)   the ground which means it has more room for gravity to pull it down towards the earth.

• higher
• lower
• more
• less
• further away from
• closer to

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2