Forms of Energy
Name that energy!
Vocabulary
Energy Transformations
Surprise!
100

energy due to motion; shooting a basketball

What is kinetic?

100

a rubber band stretched out

What is potential energy?

100
energy due to motion
What is kinetic?
100

a fan transfers _________________ energy into mechanical energy

What is electrical?

100
at the top of the roller coaster, the cars have the most ___________ energy
What is potential?
200

energy carried by electromagnetic waves; light waves, microwaves, radio waves

What is light energy?

200

energy produced by the sun

What is thermal/light energy?

200
stored energy
What is potential?
200
a lamp transfers electrical energy into ______________ energy
What is light?
200

when energy changes form, this is always released

What is thermal energy?

300

travels through a current; this computer is using it

What is electrical energy?

300

furnace

What is thermal?

300
ability to cause change
What is energy?
300
a gas stove transforms _________________ energy into _____________ energy
What is chemical, thermal?
300

an object with more ______________ has more kinetic energy

What is weight or speed?

400
due to motion of particles; how quickly or slowly the particlesmove
What is thermal energy?
400

microwave heating food

What is light energy?

400
energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed
What is the law of conservation of energy?
400
cars transform most of their chemical energy into this
What is thermal (waste) energy?
400
caused by vibrations
What is sound energy?
500

nuclei splitting apart or joining together

What is nuclear/chemical energy?

500
a battery powered remote control car
What is electric or chemical?
500
transfer of energy that occurs when a force is applied over a distance
What is work?
500

electrical energy is first transferred to _____________ energy (think battery) when charging a cell phone; then it is transferred to _____________ energy

What is chemical, electrical?

500
two things an objects kinetic energy depends on
What is speed and mass?
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