SCIENCE 8

QUARTER 1, WEEK 3

FACTORS AFFECTING POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGY

Identify and explain the factors that affect potential and kinetic energy

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

Student’s Name: _________________________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________

Teacher: ________________________________________

Reminders:

This answer sheet/Worktext shall be returned to your teacher on Friday for checking, recording and feed backing
purposes. Contact your Science Teacher for any inquiries/questions. You may use and attach another sheet of paper
when necessary.

PART I. Direction. Check the appropriate box next to each image. KE stands for Kinetic energy. PE stands for potential energy.
Don’t hesitate to check the “unsure” box.
PART II-A. Directions: Classify the following as a type of potential energy or kinetic energy (use the letters K or P)

1. A bicyclist pedaling up a hill _____ 2. An archer with his bow drawn _____

3. A volleyball player spiking a ball _____ 4. A baseball thrown to second base _____

5. The chemical bonds in sugar _____ 6. The wind blowing through your hair _____

7. Walking down the street _____ 8. Sitting in the top of a tree _____

9. A bowling ball rolling down the alley _____ 10. A bowling ball sitting on the rack _____

PART II-B. What can you find in your home that are examples of kinetic and potential energy?

11. Kinetic: __________________________________________________________________________

 12. Kinetic: __________________________________________________________________________

13. Potential: _________________________________________________________________________

14. Potential: _________________________________________________________________________

PART III.
A. Word search!

H E I G R A V I T A T I O N A L X E V D G H T M
E Z G Q D M W E V Z O R E T S A O C R E L L O R
M U G L J V Q F H D L X M D W L A I T N E T O P
J V S A Q Z V L D H B N U Z V B B L K B M K G U
B T Y U L W V G V G F R T G R A V I T Y W G G Q
K L T S C V A N C N D H V D F L D A I M T O O F
R A I D O T L I V I N N N L Q Z T A I C J Z I C
Z T L X O Y D T K V A A C H E M I C A L R Y I Z
H S O U N T I S X O U T S S R A C P Z I V T S C
A M W F M G U E S M W H K P K A X U X I E C D R
I C G W T R P R K T A G F T A S C Z J N Y I E J
V O Y X P O O S Z S Z I B I J K Y Y I C I T N O
W A Q G Y N W F H A V E B H O Q F K G Y J S X P
U S F C S L Z A V F T H U K P M O G L C M A Y U
Q K X M P N W O D E H U N P L Z E X A X F L X Z
Y L H K E A A P X M O V E M E N T R M P G E P K
Z L F O N Y A G C N M P T U V D T E D R T L K K
Y I O R D P O S I T I O N F I N H Y S E A I M J
A L W K U U G N W Y Y M Q O Y O G S T R X S A O
N O A E L U N D M J G N O R S Q I P O O Y P S H
C A T Y U E S Z N G I R I T B T E E R O B E S B
X R V L M V Y K O X P U E U I J W E E K U H G X
C U Z G B M V G H Q N P R N T O O D D Q V F D T
P B N V E L O C I T Y V M W E D N M Y H M O L F

   Fast Moving       Car       Resting       Movement       Down       Up       Roller Coaster       

Weight       Chemical       Elastic       Position       Gravitational       Formula       Pendulum       
Stored        Energy       Height       Gravity       Speed       Velocity       Mass       Kinetic       
Potential       Motion   

PART III-B. Crossword Puzzle

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3. The more mass, the _____ kinetic energy. 1. The ability to do work
4. The letter h stands for 2. The unit for energy
8. V stands for 5. The Law of ___________ of Energy
10. Stored energy 6. The energy of motion
12. Potential energy that depends upon and 7. Potential energy depends upon mass and
object's height _______.
13. The ______ the speed, the less the kinetic 9. The letter m represents
energy. 11. Kinetic energy depends upon mass and
14. The letter g represents ________.

PART IV. Determine whether the objects in the following problems have kinetic or potential energy. Then choose the
correct formula to use: KE = 1/2 m v2 OR PE = mgh = Fwh

1. You serve a volleyball with a mass of 2.1 kg. The ball leaves your hand with a speed of 30 m/s. The ball has
____________ energy. Calculate it.