Forms of Energy

Kinetic/Potential Energy

100

The ability to do work.

What is energy?

200

A force (a push or pull) applied to an object which forces the object to move.

What is work?

300

The energy any object has because of its motion.

What is kinetic energy?

400

Stored energy or energy that an object has due to its position.

What is potential energy?

500

As a roller coaster car goes down a hill, its potential energy is changed into this.

What is kinetic energy?

Forms of Energy

100

Energy carried by electricity.

What is electrical energy?

200

Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.

What is mechanical energy?

300

Energy formed when an atom splits apart or when two atoms join to form one.

What is nuclear energy?

400

Energy stored in the way atoms are connected to each other.

What is chemical energy?

500

Energy of the movement of atoms and molecules.

What is thermal energy?

Changes in Energy

100

A roller coaster sitting at the top of the hill then moving down the hill

What is potential to kinetic energy?

200

Propane being used to cook food in a grill.

What is chemical energy changing to thermal energy?

300

Eating food so that you are able to run a race.

What is chemical energy transferring to kinetic energy?

400

A microwave cooking the food you eat.

What is electromagnetic energy transferred into chemical energy?

500

Plugging in a George Foreman electric grill so that you are able to cook a steak in preparation for a long bicycle ride. (4 forms of energy)

What is electric energy transferred to thermal energy transferred to chemical energy transferred to kinetic energy?

Using Formulas

100

Gravitational Energy= Potential + Kinetic

A ball has a potential energy of 92.6 and a kinetic energy of 6.23.

What is 98.83 Joules?

200

Work= Force X Distance

A woman lifts a box 6m with a force of 72N. How much work does she do?

What is 432 Joules?

300

Gravitational Potential Energy= Weight X Height

A dog weighing 53 Newtons is lifted 4 Meters off the ground

What is 212 Joules?

400

Kinetic Energy = 1/2 X Mass X Speed²

A girl who has a mass of 52 kg is running at a speed of 4 M/S. Her kinetic energy is...

What is 416 Joules?

500

Power= (Force X Distance) / Time

A climber uses a force of 980 N to move a load of equipment to a height of 20 M in 25 seconds. How much power is used?

What is 784 Watts?

Definitions

100

Cannot be created or destroyed.

What is energy?

200

More energy means more _______________.

What is motion?

300

Anytime you exert a force on an object that causes the object to move in the same direction that the force is applied

What is work?

400

The same amount of work in a less amount of time or more work in the same amount of time.

What is more power?

500

Name three types of electromagnetic energy.

What are gamma ray, x-rays, microwaves, radio waves, visible light, UV, infrared?