name: _\nkinetic or potential energy\nnext to each description, write the type of energy it describes…

name: _\nkinetic or potential energy\nnext to each description, write the type of energy it describes: kinetic or potential\n1. a car speeding on the freeway _\n2. a truck parked on the driveway _\n3. an apple hanging from a tree _\n4. a glass of water on the table _\n5. a rubber band zinged from your finger _\n6. a boy climbing the stairs _\n7. a ball at the edge of a cliff _\n8. a bird flying _\n9. a black light turned off _\n10. a stretched rubber band _\ndescribe what you see in the picture. is it showing kinetic or potential energy? explain your answer _

name: _\nkinetic or potential energy\nnext to each description, write the type of energy it describes: kinetic or potential\n1. a car speeding on the freeway _\n2. a truck parked on the driveway _\n3. an apple hanging from a tree _\n4. a glass of water on the table _\n5. a rubber band zinged from your finger _\n6. a boy climbing the stairs _\n7. a ball at the edge of a cliff _\n8. a bird flying _\n9. a black light turned off _\n10. a stretched rubber band _\ndescribe what you see in the picture. is it showing kinetic or potential energy? explain your answer _

Answer

Brief Explanations:

Kinetic energy is energy of motion. Potential energy is stored energy.

  1. A car speeding has motion, so kinetic energy.
  2. A parked truck is stationary, has potential energy (gravitational).
  3. An apple hanging has potential (gravitational).
  4. A glass of water on table has potential (gravitational).
  5. A rubber - band zinged is in motion, kinetic energy.
  6. A boy climbing has motion, kinetic energy.
  7. A ball at cliff edge has potential (gravitational).
  8. A flying bird has motion, kinetic energy.
  9. A turned - off black light has no motion or energy release, not applicable here in terms of kinetic or potential in a relevant sense.
  10. A stretched rubber band has elastic potential energy. For the baseball player, if ready to swing, has potential (elastic in muscles, gravitational due to position); if swinging, has kinetic energy.

Answer:

  1. Kinetic
  2. Potential
  3. Potential
  4. Potential
  5. Kinetic
  6. Kinetic
  7. Potential
  8. Kinetic
  9. N/A
  10. Potential Baseball player: If ready to swing - Potential; If swinging - Kinetic