Vocabulary
Kinetic & Potential
Types of Energy
Transfer & Transform
Active & Passive
100
What is something that lets you move or work?
ENERGY is something that lets you move or work.
100
Which one has more kinetic energy: a big dog sitting on a the sidewalk or a small dog running down the street?
A SMALL DOG RUNNING DOWN THE STREET has more kinetic energy.
100
What kind of energy is inside food and fuel?
CHEMICAL ENERGY is inside food and fuel.
100
When you rub your hands together, are you transferring or transforming energy?
When you rub your hands together, you are TRANSFORMING KINETIC ENERGY to THERMAL ENERGY.
100
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE: We were invited by our neighbors to attend their party.
PASSIVE
200
What is the word that means energy is passed from one thing to another?
TRANSFER is the word that means energy is passed from one thing to another.
200
What kind of energy does a rubber band have?
A rubber band has POTENTIAL energy.
200
What kind of energy is made by lights? (Give me the science name!)
RADIANT energy is made by lights.
200
What kind of energy transformation happens when you turn on a light?
When you turn on a light, you transform ELECTRICAL energy to LIGHT energy.
200
Change this sentence to passive voice: Amy mailed the letter.
The letter is mailed by Amy.
300
What is the kind of energy that moving things have?
KINETIC energy is the kind of energy that moving things have.
300
A book and a feather are sitting on the same shelf. Which one has more potential energy? Why?
THE BOOK has more potential energy because IT IS HEAVIER.
300
What kind of energy depends on how high something is?
POTENTIAL ENERGY depends on how high something is.
300
When you drop a tennis ball on the ground, it bounces, but not as high as you dropped it. Why?
When you drop a tennis ball, it does not bounce as high as you dropped it because SOME OF THE KINETIC ENERGY TRANSFORMS to sound, heat, etc.
300
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE: Peter is going to build a house in summer.
ACTIVE
400
What is the word that means energy changes from one type to another type?
TRANSFORM is the word that means energy changes from one type to another type.
400
Which one has more kinetic energy: a baseball or a bullet?
A BULLET has more kinetic energy because IT IS MOVING FASTER.
400
What kind of energy is made by moving electrons?
ELECTRICAL energy is made by moving electrons.
400
When you put a hot cup on a table and the cup gets cold, are you transferring or transforming energy? What kind of energy? Where?
When you put a hot cup on a table and the cup gets cold, you are transferring THERMAL ENERGY from the CUP to the TABLE.
400
Change this sentence to active voice: The car was repaired by Sam.
Sam repaired the car.
500
What kind of energy do non-moving things have?
POTENTIAL is the kind of energy that non-moving things have.
500
If you drop a penny from the top of the Statue of Liberty, can you kill a person standing on the ground? Why?
YES because the penny is VERY HIGH, so it has A LOT OF POTENTIAL ENERGY. When you drop it, the POTENTIAL ENERGY will TRANSFORM to KINETIC ENERGY.
500
What kind of energy depends on how fast something is or how heavy something is?
KINETIC ENERGY depends on how fast something is or how heavy something is.
500
When you put your fingers in an outlet, ______ energy is transferred from _______ to ______.
When you put your fingers in an outlet, ELECTRICAL energy is transferred from THE OUTLET to YOUR FINGERS/BODY.
500
Say a passive voice sentence.
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