Energy Vocabulary Part 1

Riding a bike or leaves changing color both use ?

• force

• gravity

• energy

• inertia

Pulling a door shut is an example of a ?

• force

• gravity

• energy

• inertia

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This is why things fall to the ground.

• force

• gravity

• energy

• inertia

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This is why a rolling ball keeps rolling and why a heavy boulder is hard to move.

• force

• gravity

• energy

• inertia

A child swinging on a swing is an example of what type of energy?

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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A parked car is an example of what type of energy?

• kinetic energy

• potential energy

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The boards were held together with a ?

• wedge

• fulcrum

• screw

• pulley

The boys were on a seesaw. The seesaw was going up and down over a ?

• simple machine

• fulcrum

• screw

• compound machine

Levers, screws, wheels and axles, pulleys, inclined planes, and wedges are all ?

• simple machines

• fulcrum

• screw

• compound machines

Can openers, bulldozers, and elevators are all ?

• simple machines

• fulcrum

• screw

• compound machines