Science Assessment ~ Topics ~ Energy: Forms, Transformation, Transfer, and Conservation ~ NGSS Link PS3.A-M.2

A system of objects may also contain stored (potential) energy, depending on their relative positions.

Items associated with this NGSS statement in this project (ASPECt) and key idea (The gravitational potential energy …)
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EG087001	A coconut has the most gravitational potential energy before it falls from a tree because a coconut is at the highest point above the ground before it falls.
EG014003	The gravitational potential energy of an object decreases as it falls.
EG067002	The gravitational potential energy of a space shuttle increases as it gets higher in the sky.
EG017004	For two students of equal height and weight, the student standing on the higher diving board has more gravitational potential energy than the student standing on the lower diving board.
EG019005	When a bird is flying with a stick in its mouth, the bird has more gravitational potential energy because it weighs more than the stick.
EG069002	For two boxes that have the same amount of gravitational potential energy, the box that is on the lower shelf weighs more.
EG089001	Two apples hanging from a tree will have different amounts of gravitational potential energy if one is hanging higher in the tree than the other.
EG091001	Two airplanes that are flying at same distance from the ground will have the same amount of gravitational potential energy if they have the same mass.
EG090002	Two identical balls that are thrown up in the air will have the same amount of gravitational potential energy when they are at the same height above the ground.
EG088002	When two children who weigh the same are on a teeter-totter, the child who is up has more gravitational potential energy than the child who is down.
RG178001	When a bird and a piece of food are at the same height above the ground, the bird has more gravitational potential energy because the it has more mass than the food.
RG179001	The gravitational potential energy of a falling rock at 50 meters is half of the gravitational potential energy at 100 meters because the amount of gravitational potential energy an object has is directly proportional to the height the object is above the ground.
RG134002	An elevator carrying more mass will have more gravitational potential energy than an identical elevator carrying less mass because gravitational potential energy increases as mass increases.
RG169002	Three people have the same amount of gravitational potential energy when they are all on the same floor of a building because gravitational potential energy depends on how high the object’s final position is above the earth.
EG022004	A person will have the same amount of gravitational potential energy at the top of a mountain regardless of the path the person takes to get there.

Items associated with this NGSS statement in this project (ASPECt) and other key ideas
RG048002	A weight will have more energy when it is 6 feet above the ground than when it is 3 feet above the ground because the higher an object is the more energy it has.
RG050002	A flower pot on the taller post has more energy than a flower pot on the shorter post because it is higher above the ground.
RG044002	Decreasing the distance between two objects decreases the gravitational potential energy between them.
RG045002	For a system containing two objects, the amount of gravitational potential energy depends on the mass of both objects.
RG046003	The amount of gravitational potential energy in a system containing a rocket and the earth can be determined from the distance between the rocket and the earth, the mass of the rocket, and the mass of the earth.
RG042003	The gravitational potential energy of a system of two objects can be increased by pulling them farther apart.
RG043004	Gravitational potential energy exists on both the earth and the moon because all objects, including the earth and moon, exert attractive forces on all other objects.
RG052003	The more a rubber band is stretched the more energy it has.
RG053003	A spring will jump higher if it is compressed more before letting go.
RG054003	A spring has more energy if it is compressed more.
EG036005	The elastic energy of an object that is being stretched depends on how much the object is stretched and how difficult it is to stretch it.
EG086002	The elastic energy of an object that is being compressed depends on how much the object is compressed and how difficult it is to compress it.
EG042004	A spring has elastic energy when it is stretched and when it is compressed.
EG035005	The elastic energy of a spring increases when a student compresses it.
EG040004	For two rubber bands stretched the same amount, the rubber band that was harder to stretch has more elastic energy.
EG041004	For two identical rubber bands, the rubber band that is stretched more has more elastic energy.
EG043005	For two identical springs, the spring that is compressed more has more elastic energy.
EG044003	For two identical elastic objects, the object that has more elastic energy is stretched more.
RG083002	A box on the top shelf has more energy than a box on a lower shelf because the box on the higher shelf is farther from the ground.
RG084002	A pot that is hanging outside the second floor window has more energy then a pot hanging outside the first floor window because it is higher above the ground.
RG133002	The gravitational potential energy of a system containing a planet and a moon would be greater after the distance between the moon and planet increases..
RG132002	When comparing three springs, the spring that is harder to stretch will have more elastic potential energy than the other springs if they are all stretched the same amount.
RG167002	Stretching a rubber band increases the amount of elastic potential energy because the distance between the molecules that make up the rubber band increases, and intermolecular forces act to restore the molecules to the unstretched distance.
RG047003	If a weightlifter drops a weight on their toes, it will hurt more if it is dropped from 6 feet than if it is dropped from 3 feet because the higher an object is the more energy it has.
RG049003	A rock on the higher post is more likely to break when it falls than a rock on a lower post because the rock on the higher post is farther from the ground.
RG051003	A rubber band that is stretched more will travel farther when let go than a rubber band that is stretched less because the more a rubber band is stretched the farther it will travel.
RG111002	Either increasing the charge of the plates in a capacitor or increasing the thickness of the insulating layer would change the amount of electrostatic potential energy.
RG112002	An engineer can increase the electrostatic potential energy of a capacitor by increasing the distance between the two plates.
RG125002	Decreasing the distance between two positively charges particles, increases the amount of electrostatic potential energy in the system.
RG126002	The electrostatic potential energy of a system of two oppositely charged particles decreases when the particles are moved closer to each other.
RG129002	Decreasing the distance between the two positively charged particles and increasing the magnitude of the charge of the particles would increase the amount of electrostatic potential energy in the system.
RG117002	More energy is transferred when a magnetic force acts over a greater distance.
NG002004	An inflated balloon flying around the room as the air leaves the balloon involves the transformation of elastic energy to motion energy.
NG021003	When a hockey puck that is sliding along a level floor hits a wall, motion energy and elastic energy are involved in an energy transformation while the puck is in contact with the wall.
NG049004	When a spring is used to shoot a cart across the floor, the spring transfers energy to the cart. (This item uses bar graphs to illustrate the amount of elastic energy the spring has and the amount of motion energy the cart has as the cart is rolling across the floor.)
RG124002	A child places a small stone in a slingshot and pulls the elastic band back. When the elastic band is released, the energy of the stone increases, and the energy of the elastic band decreases.
RG197001	The stronger the intermolecular forces, the greater the amount of elastic potential energy there is for a given length stretched.
RG202001	Decreasing the distance between two positively charges particles, increases the amount of electrostatic potential energy in the system because potential energy increases when the distance between like particles decreases.
RG203001	Increasing the distance between two positively charges particles, decreases the amount of electrostatic potential energy in the system because potential energy decreases when the distance between like particles increases.
RG204001	Decreasing the distance between two oppositely charges particles, decreases the amount of electrostatic potential energy in the system.