🔍 Part 1: Energy Investigation

1. What type of energy does a ball have when it's sitting at the top of a ramp?

Kinetic energy

Potential energy

No energy

2. What type of energy does the same ball have when it's rolling down the ramp?

Kinetic energy

Potential energy

Both kinetic and potential energy

3. Check all examples that show kinetic energy:

A car driving down the highway

A book sitting on a shelf

A basketball bouncing

Water flowing in a river

4. When energy transforms from potential to kinetic, what happens to the total amount of energy?

It increases

It decreases

It stays the same

📊 Part 2: Experiment Data Recording

5. Record your ramp experiment data below:

Ball Type: _________________ Mass (light/medium/heavy): _________________

Time to reach bottom: _________ seconds

Ramp angle (low/medium/high): _________________

6. Explain how energy transformed during your experiment:

At the top of the ramp, the ball had _________________ energy.

As it rolled down, this energy changed into _________________ energy.

The total amount of energy _________________ (increased/decreased/stayed the same).

7. What happened when you used a heavier ball? Circle your observation:

It moved faster down the ramp

It moved slower down the ramp

It moved at about the same speed

🎯 Part 3: Real-World Energy Detective

8. Draw and label one example of energy transformation you see in everyday life:

9. A roller coaster car is at the top of the highest hill. Explain what happens to its energy as it goes down the hill and back up the next hill:

10. Challenge Question: Why can't a roller coaster car go higher than its starting point without an extra push?

Energy Detective Worksheets

Energy Detective Worksheets

🔍 Part 1: Energy Investigation

📊 Part 2: Experiment Data Recording

🎯 Part 3: Real-World Energy Detective

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