Exploring Potential Energy
A Grade 4 science worksheet focusing on understanding potential energy through various examples and questions.
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Exploring Potential Energy
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
This image shows an energy pyramid, which represents how energy flows through an ecosystem. While not directly about potential energy, it reminds us that energy is stored and transferred.
1. What is potential energy?
Energy of motion
Stored energy
Heat energy
Light energy
2. Which of these has the most gravitational potential energy?
A ball on the floor
A ball on a table
A bird flying high
A car parked on a hill
1. Potential energy is also known as energy.
2. The higher an object is, the more potential energy it has.
1. A stretched rubber band has potential energy.
True
False
2. An object at rest on the ground has a lot of gravitational potential energy.
True
False
1. Give an example of something that has potential energy and explain why.
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