Potential and Kinetic Energy
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.