Exploring Kinetic Energy
A Grade 4 science worksheet introducing kinetic energy, its definition, and examples in everyday life.
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Exploring Kinetic Energy
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its motion. The faster an object moves, the more kinetic energy it has.
1. What is kinetic energy?
Energy of rest
Energy of motion
Energy of light
Energy of heat
2. Which of these objects has the most kinetic energy?
A sleeping cat
A crawling baby
A running dog
A parked car
3. The faster an object moves, the more energy it has.
4. A rolling ball has energy.
5. When you stop riding your bike, your kinetic energy .
6. A stationary object has a lot of kinetic energy.
True
False
7. A bird flying in the sky has kinetic energy.
True
False
8. Give two examples of everyday objects that have kinetic energy.
9. How does the speed of an object affect its kinetic energy?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
10. Kinetic energy is the of .
11. A car moving has more kinetic energy than a car moving .