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Kinetic and Potential Energy

8th Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

MS-PS3-1 | Kinetic and Potential Energy - Easy level

Standards referenced

• MS-PS3-1 — Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an obj
• MS-PS3-2 — Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored i
• MS-PS3-5 — Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the obj

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