4.1 What is Energy?
4.2 Forms of Energy
4.3 Energy Transformations and Conservation
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What is the formula for power?
power=Energy transferred/time
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Throwing a basketball is an example of what type of energy?
Mechanical energy
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What is an energy transformation?
A change from one form of energy to another.
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What is energy?
The ability to do work or cause change.
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How do you calculate mechanical energy?
Add the kinetic and potential energy together.
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Energy cannot be created or destroyed is what the....says.
law of conservation of energy
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What is kinetic energy?
The energy an object has due to its motion.
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A match being lit is an example of what type of energy?
Chemical energy
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What type of energy transformation is taking place when natural gas is used to heat water?
chemical energy to thermal energy
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Potential energy that depends on height is called...
Gravitational potential energy
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Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is called...
Nuclear energy
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What type of energy does a moving bicycle have?
mechanical energy
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Energy is measured in units called...
Joules
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Light waves are an example of...
Electromagnetic energy
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What is one of the most common energy transformations? HINT: They are the first forms of energy we learned about.
Potential to kinetic energy
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