Kinetic and Potential Energy (Grade 8)
Free printable Grade 8 science worksheet on kinetic and potential energy. Students classify energy stores and write the energy transformations in everyday devices.
Grade 8 · Science worksheet
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Kinetic and Potential Energy
Classify each type of energy as kinetic or potential, and write the energy transformations.
- 1.What does the law of conservation of energy state?
- 2.A ball is dropped. What happens to its gravitational potential energy as it falls?
- 3.A wind turbine drives a generator. Name the energy transformation.
- 4.Is the energy of a book resting on a high shelf kinetic or potential?
- a) kinetic
- b) potential
- 5.In which unit is energy measured?
- 6.Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is which type of stored energy?
- 7.Is sound energy kinetic or potential?
- a) kinetic
- b) potential
- 8.Is the energy of a moving skateboard kinetic or potential?
- a) kinetic
- b) potential
- 9.Write the energy transformation in a solar panel.
- 10.Write the energy transformation that happens in a torch.
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