WorksheetsKinetic & Potential Energy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 40mins
Stored energy is the same as:
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Thermal Energy
Sound Energy
If an object is not moving, it has...
Potential / Stored energy
Kinetic / Motion energy
Kinetic energy is energy that is ________.
in motion
stored
heavy
weak
What is the best example of an object that has kinetic (motion) energy?
a car parked on the top of a hill
a stick on the ground
a soccer ball rolling across the field
a bike sitting in the garage
In the Bill Nye's bowling ball experiment, when he pulls the ball back we give it _______ .
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
In Bill Nye's bowling ball experiment, when he releases the bowling ball, we give it _________.
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Kinetic (motion) energy is the kind that can be transferred to other objects.
Check 3 examples of kinetic energy.
A basketball sitting on a rack
A volleyball player spiking a volleyball
A baseball bat swinging at a ball
A bowling ball rolling down the alley
A quarterback BEFORE he throws a ball
When a device uses a battery, the chemical energy inside the battery changes into :
fuel energy
food energy
What type of energy transformation occurs when a roll of tape falls to the floor?
Stored to Motion
Motion to Stored
Electrical to Stored
When would a skateboarder have the most potential energy?
While rolling down the ramp
While moving up the ramp
At the bottom of the ramp
At the top of the ramp
Potential energy is energy that is ________.
in motion
stored
heavy
weak
A cliff diver is just about to jump off an 18 m high cliff.
Kinetic
Potential
A satellite that is orbiting the earth at nearly 20,000 miles/hour.
Kinetic
Potential
An arrow is released from a bow and travels towards the target.
Kinetic
Potential
When you stretch a rubber band, you are storing __________ energy.
kinetic
potential
Who has more potential energy, a skier on top of a hill or a skier half way down the hill?
The skier on top of the hill.
The skier halfway down the hill.
They both have the same potential energy.
Neither one has potential energy.
Plants take in energy from the sun and create their own food through the process of...
kinetic energy
photosynthesis
magic
chemicals
Which point has greatest kinetic/motion energy?
An energy ______ is the movement of energy from one object to another.
transformation
transfer
object
An energy ____ is when energy changes from one form to another.
transformation
transfer
swap
A set of parts that, connected together, will transfer and convert energy is called an energy ____.
converter
connector
system
A human being is an energy system.
True
False
