Energy
Units
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Energy Transfers
100

The type of energy that is associated with heat.

What is Thermal Energy

100

The unit for energy.

What is Joules (J)?

100

A 25 kg child runs 13m/s north. What is the kinetic energy?

What is 2112.5 J?

100

A book weighing 13 kg is sitting on a shelf 23m high. What is the potential energy of the book?

What is 2933.19 J

100

The energy transfers for a pencil.

What is mechanical energy and thermal energy?

200

This is the energy caused by friction.

What is thermal energy?

200

The unit for mass.

What is a kilogram (kg)?

200

A 45 kg rollercoaster travels at 35 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the roller coaster?

What is 27562.5 J?

200

A roller coaster at the top of its hill has a potential energy of 384 J. If the hill is 64m high, how heavy is the rollercoaster?

What is 0.612 J?

200

The energy transfers for a lightbulb (not florescent).

What is electrical energy, mechanical energy, and thermal energy?

300

This type of energy is how people function. 

What is chemical energy?

300

The unit for height.

What is meters (m)?

300

A ball creates 27859 J of kinetic energy while traveling 22 m/s. What is the mass of the ball? 

What is 115.12 kg?

300

A 78 kg student climbs 300 cm set of stairs. What is their gravitational potential energy?

What is 2295.54 J

300

The energy transfers for a cat.

What is chemical, electrical, mechanical, thermal, and sound?

400

This energy is greatest when objects are moving fast. 

What is Kinetic Energy?

400

The unit for velocity.

What is meters per second (m/s)

400

A car weighing 450g travels at a velocity of 20m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the car?

What is 90 J?

400

If a 47 g ball has the potential energy of 68 J what is its position?

What is 147.5 m?

400

Energy transfers for a generator (fuel type)

What is Chemical energy, mechanical energy, thermal energy, sound energy?

500

This energy increases as you move higher from ground level 0. 

What is potential energy?

500

The value of gravity.

What is 9.81m/s2?

500

How fast does a 31 kg bolder have to travel to make 5893 J of energy?

What is 19.5 m/s?

500

How much gravitational potential energy foes a 84 g car at the top of a 58km hill produce?

What is 47,794.32 J?

500

The energy transfer for a sink running on hot water. 

mechanical energy, thermal energy, sound energy

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