Potential and Kinetic Energy Practice

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Potential Energy

,

(b) Kinetic Energy

• a snowboarder at the bottom of the ski
• a snowboarder at the top of the mountain
• food you eat

• a soccer ball is kicked
• a roller coaster rolling down the hill
• A speeding car

• electricity is the energy of electrons jumping from atom to atom
• a glass teeters on the edge of a table
• stored energy
• A battery

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Label the potential energy.

b

a

most potential energy

least potential energy

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Which of these has the most potential energy.

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which type of energy has to do with objects in motion?

• Potential

• Kinetic

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If a football player wants to become better at tackling by increasing his or her kinetic energy, how can the player do this?

• Increase his/her height

• Increase his/her speed

• Increase his/her mass

• Decrease his/her speed

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As potential energy decreases kinetic energy

Click on where the rollercoaster has the MOST potential energy.

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Which position in the picture does Myra have the most Potential energy?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which has more Kinetic Energy: A person running 5 m/s or a car driving 5 m/s?

• The Car

• The Person

• Same

• Neither

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• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy

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