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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. 1.
    What does the law of conservation of energy state?
  2. 2.
    A ball is dropped. What happens to its gravitational potential energy as it falls?
  3. 3.
    A wind turbine drives a generator. Name the energy transformation.
  4. 4.
    Is the energy of a book resting on a high shelf kinetic or potential?
    • a) kinetic
    • b) potential
  5. 5.
    In which unit is energy measured?
  6. 6.
    Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is which type of stored energy?
  7. 7.
    Is sound energy kinetic or potential?
    • a) kinetic
    • b) potential
  8. 8.
    Is the energy of a moving skateboard kinetic or potential?
    • a) kinetic
    • b) potential
  9. 9.
    Write the energy transformation in a solar panel.
  10. 10.
    Write the energy transformation that happens in a torch.
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