Vocabulary
Do the Math!
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Formulasand Units
100

The ability to do work or cause change

What is Energy

100

Choose one person to Show their work on the white board:

Suppose a boy is pulling a 10kg wagon at a speed of 1 m/s. Solve its kinetic energy with the correct units

What is 5 joules

100

The two factors that affect Kinetic energy

What are mass and speed(velocity)

100

Energy stored in the nucleus to create fission or fusion

What is nuclear

100

two types of energy transformations

Which are single and multiple transformations

100

When you do work on an object, some of your energy is _________________ to that object

What is transferred

100

the formula for power

What is Energy Transferred divided by time

200

Energy that an object has due to its motion

What is kinetic energy

200

a 3.5 kg ball is resting at 9 meters. what is its potential energy

what is 308.7 j or 309 j

200

Two basic types of energy

Which are kinetic and potential

200

The reason thermal energy is associated with particles of an object

What is when heated, the particles will bounce rapidly to create heat
200

What is a single transformation?

What is a two-step energy transformation
200

A change in an object's speed has a(n) ___________ effect on its kinetic energy than a change in its mass

What is greater

200

the formula for potential energy

what is mass times gravity times height

300

Kinetic or Potential energy associated with the motion or position of an object

What is Mechanical Energy

300

Choose one person to Show their work on the white board:

Suppose a book has a weight of 10n and the book is lifted two 2 meters off the ground. the gravitational potential energy is

What is 20 joules

300

two types of potential energy

What is Gravitational potential and elastic potential

300

The temperature in celsius where all particles will cease movement

what is -273 celsius

300

How is driving a car a multiple transformation (give short detail for each step)

What is Chemical energy -> Thermal -> Mechanical -> Kinetic

300
A large truck and a small car are moving at the same speed. The truck has greater kinetic energy because its ___________ is greater

What is mass

300

the formula for kinetic energy

What is (1/2 x mass x velocity squared)

400

The long formula to find mechanical energy

1/2 mass velocity squared plus mass times gravity times height

400

Choose one person to Show their work on the white board:

A 1.8 kg book has been dropped from the top of the football stadium. Its speed is 4.8 m/s when it is 2.9 meters above the ground. What is its total mechanical energy? include your units

INCLUDE UNITS

What is 71.9 Joules or 72 Joules

400

Energy and work are measured in 

joules

400

Explain how the sun is an example of fusion using hydrogen as an example and using activation energy in your response

What is hydrogen combining to create helium (because the sun is providing activation energy)

400

What are 3 reasons that kinetic and potential energy is the most common energy transformation

Which are: 1. Gravity is constantly at work 2. Motion is everywhere 3. It's present in many forms of energy

400

To maintain your nody temperature, your body converts chemical potential energy into ______ energy

What is thermal

400

the units for all energy

What is Joules

500

A change from one form of energy to another, also called energy conversion

What is Energy Transformation
500

Choose one person to Show their work on the white board:

A 28 kg child on a swing is traveling at 4.2 m/s and has 315 J of total mechanical energy. What is his gravitational potential energy? How high is he above the ground?

INCLUDE UNITS

What is 68 GPE and 0.3 m

500

Doubling the speed will affect kinetic energy by

(remember speed/velocity is squared)

What is quadrupling it

500

List all the types of energy in a toaster oven(4 kinds)

Which are: mechanical, electrical, thermal and electromagnetic energies 

500

Explain the steps of energy transformation for Hydroelectric Dam Generating Electricity

Which are 1. GPE -> KE -> ME -> Electrical Energy

500

As water runs over a waterfall, what potential energy is converted into ______ energy

Which are Gravitational Potential energy and Kinetic

500

the constant for gravity

What is 9.8m/s2

600

The rule that energy cannot be created or destroyed

What is the law of conservation of energy

600

Choose one person to Show their work on the white board: 

A 3.2 kg ball that is moving straight upward has 17 J of kinetic energy and its total mechanical energy is 25 J.

Find the gravitational potential energy of the ball.

What is its height above the ground?

What is the speed of the ball?


NEED UNITS

What is 8j, 0.3m, and 3.3 m/s

600

A stretched out rubberband has ________ energy but a mountain climber at the peak has ______ energy

What is elastic potential energy and gravitational potential energy

600
All forms of energy associated with particles of objects (list all 5)

Which are nuclear, thermal, electrical, electromagnetic, and chemical

600

The most basic concept in energy science

What is Single Transformation

600

In a machine, work output is less than work input because some energy is converted into ______ energy

What is thermal

600

The formula for mechanical energy

(1/2 x m x v2) + (mgh)

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