Exploring Potential Energy
This worksheet introduces sixth-grade students to the concept of potential energy, its different forms, and how to identify it in various scenarios.
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Exploring Potential Energy
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Potential energy is stored energy an object has due to its position or state. Think of it as energy waiting to be used! There are different types, like gravitational potential energy (due to height) and elastic potential energy (due to being stretched or compressed).
1. Which of the following best describes potential energy?
Energy of motion
Stored energy
Heat energy
Light energy
2. A book resting on a high shelf has mostly what type of energy?
Kinetic energy
Gravitational potential energy
Elastic potential energy
Chemical energy
3. The higher an object is, the more potential energy it has.
4. When you stretch a rubber band, you are giving it potential energy.
5. Potential energy is energy.
6. A moving car has a lot of potential energy.
True
False
7. A compressed spring has elastic potential energy.
True
False
8. Give an example of an object with gravitational potential energy and explain why.
9. How is potential energy different from kinetic energy?