Kinetic and Potential Energy

• Kinetic Energy

  The energy of motion
• Potential Energy


  Stored energy
• Joule


  Unit used to measure energy
• Kilogram


  Unit used in energy equations to measure mass
• Velocity

  The speed of an object and the direction it is traveling.
• Height


  The distance an object is from the ground
• Gravitational Potential Energy


  Stored energy due to an objects position
• Acceleration of Gravity

  9.8 m/s2
• Energy


  The ability to do work
• Work


  Using a force to move an object a distance
• Law of Conservation of Energy

  Energy can neither be created or destroyed
• Increases


  When an object gets further from the ground, its potential energy ____________.
• Faster


  If two objects have the same mass which object has more kinetic energy? The object going faster or the object going slower.
• Work


  For an object to gain energy _________ must be done on the object.
• Decreases


  When an object falls, its potential energy ___________.
• Gravity


  The force that pulls objects toward Earth's center
• Newton


  The unit used to measure force
• Velocity

  Which effects KE more, mass or velocity?
• Twice


  A tennis ball placed twice as high as another tennis ball has _________ the PE.
• Equal


  Object A is twice as high as Object B. Object A is half as massive as Object B. The PE of the two objects is _________.