Potential and Kinetic

Energy

Potential Energy

• Stored Energy

• Not in motion

• Depends on mass and height

• Everything can have potential

energy

The canon ball had

potential energy before

it is blasted out of the

canon.

Potential to Kinetic

• Potential energy turns into

kinetic energy when a force

acts on the object.

• A force is: gravity, a push, a pull,

etc.

Kinetic to Potential

• Kinetic energy turns into

potential energy when a force

acts upon the object causes the

object to rest.

• A force is: the bottom of a hill, a

wall, the ground, etc.

Kinetic Energy

• Energy in motion

• Everything has kinetic energy

• KE=1/2mass x speed2

This missile achieved

kinetic energy after it

was blasted off.