Types of Energy
Stored energy
Potential Energy
How does heat transfer?
HOT TO COLD
Frequency
Number of times a wave occurs
When would your roller coaster have the most potential energy?
At the top
Top of a wave
Crest
Energy of motion
Kinetic Energy
Conduction
Wavelength
When would your roller coaster have the most kinetic energy?
At the bottom
Bottom of a wave
Trough
The energy an object has due to motion and position, PE & KE
Mechanical Energy
Hot air balloon
Convection
Amplitude
The height of the wave, the amount of energy a wave carries
A bowling ball, baseball, golf ball, and ping pong ball are rolling down a bowling lane at the same speed. Which one has the most kinetic energy?
Bowling ball
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
Energy within an object due to the movement of the particles in the object
Thermal Energy
Sun on a hot day
True or False: Do waves have a regular, repeating pattern?
True
What kind of energy would a textbook lose if you dropped it off a building?
Potential energy
Units for work
Joules
Energy stored in bonds of a chemical
Chemical Energy
Conductor vs. Insulator
C - Heat travels through easily
I - Heat does not travel through easily
The range of frequencies over which waves travel through empty space
Electromagnetic Spectrum
When would a bow and arrow have elastic potential energy?
Pulling the string back
Units for frequency
Hertz