Potential and Kinetic Energy (Conceptual)

When a roller coaster is at the top of a hill it has

• high potential energy

• high kinetic energy

• low potential energy

• equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

When a roller coaster is at the bottom of a hill it has

• high potential energy

• high kinetic energy

• low kinetic energy

• equal amounts of kinetic and potential energy

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Kinetic energy depends on

• height

• speed

• chemical bonds

• stretch

Gravitational potential energy depends on

• height

• speed

• stretch

• chemical bonds

Energy due to motion is ____________ energy. 

• Potential 
• Energy
• Kinetic
• Friction

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.4.10

The faster an object moves, the ________ kinetic energy it has. 

• more
• less
• none of the above
• all of the above 

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What kind of energy is in a rock at the edge of a cliff?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What kind of energy is in a moving skateboard?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-1

What kind of energy is in a stretched rubber band?

• Potential
• Kinetic

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NGSS.MS-PS3-2

Energy can not be created or destroyed, only converted from one form to another.

• true
• false

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5