Potential and Kinetic Energy Worksheet
A Grade 7 science worksheet exploring the concepts of potential and kinetic energy through various question types.
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Potential and Kinetic Energy
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. What type of energy is stored energy due to an object's position or state?
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Thermal energy
Chemical energy
2. An object at the top of a hill has its maximum:
Kinetic energy
Potential energy
Speed
Acceleration
3. The energy of motion is called energy.
4. A stretched rubber band possesses energy.
5. The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created or , only transformed.
6. As a roller coaster car goes down a hill, its potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
True
False
7. A book resting on a table has kinetic energy.
True
False
8. Describe the difference between potential and kinetic energy. Provide an example of each.
9. Look at the pendulum diagram below. At which point(s) does the pendulum have maximum potential energy? At which point(s) does it have maximum kinetic energy?
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
10. Kinetic energy is the energy of .
11. Potential energy that depends on an object's height is called potential energy.
12. The amount of gravitational potential energy depends on an object's mass, gravity, and .
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