1. Kinetic Energy vs. Potential Energy
Ms. Pearsall’s Science Class

2. Kinetic Energy
Energy an object has when it is in motion (motion energy).

3. Potential Energy
Energy an object gets from its position (stored energy).

4. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
Air inside a balloon.
STOP AND TALK- TELL YOUR
WHAT YOU THINK AND WHY?

5. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
Air inside a balloon.
Answer: Potential Energy

6. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
Air coming out of a balloon.
STOP AND TALK- TELL YOUR
WHAT YOU THINK AND WHY?

7. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
Air coming out of a balloon.
Answer: Kinetic Energy

8. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
Bowling ball hitting bowling pins.
STOP AND TALK- TELL YOUR
WHAT YOU THINK AND WHY?

9. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
Bowling ball hitting bowling pins.
Answer: Kinetic Energy

10. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
A bicyclist pedaling up a hill.
STOP AND TALK- TELL YOUR
WHAT YOU THINK AND WHY?

11. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
A bicyclist pedaling up a hill.
Answer: Kinetic Energy

12. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
A bicyclist stopped at the top of a hill.
STOP AND TALK- TELL YOUR
WHAT YOU THINK AND WHY?

13. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
A bicyclist stopped at the top of a hill.
Answer: Potential Energy

14. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
A bicyclist pedaling down a hill.
STOP AND TALK- TELL YOUR
WHAT YOU THINK AND WHY?

15. Let’s play… Is it Potential Energy or Kinetic Energy?
A bicyclist stopped at the top of a hill.
Answer: Kinetic Energy

16. On your review sheet: What we observed? What we learned?
Systems have energy, energy comes in different forms.
What we learned?
Potential energy (PE) is stored energy.
Kinetic energy (KE) is motion energy.