KE + PE Flashcards
What is Potential energy?
The energy that is stored in an object that is not moving.
What is Kinetic energy?
The energy in an object that is moving.
What is work?
When you apply force on an object and it moves in the direction you applied force in.
What is energy?
The ability to move.
What is gravity?
The force that brings things to the ground or brings things together.
At what point in a roller coaster ride does the roller coaster have the most potential energy?
At the top of the hill.
What type of energy does a book on a shelf have?
Potential energy.
What type of energy does a stretched out rubber band have?
Potential energy.
What type of energy does a meteor entering the atmosphere have?
Kinetic energy.
What type of energy does a pendulum at its highest point have?
Potential energy.
