Vocab 1
_____________ is the thing or ability to make something start moving.
Energy
Known as "moving energy"
kinetic energy
In the Twist-O-Matic ride you made, energy was stored in the ________________.
rubber bands
transferred
bumper
Chain reaction machines allow us to see where energy is _____ and how it can be __________ from place to place.
stored
transferred
A ______ is a "ramp-lifter" that is useful for transferring energy from one place to another.
lever
Known as "store energy"
potential energy
When this energy was released (from the rubber bands) in the Twist-O-Matic ride, the ride would _______.
spin
However not all of the energy is __________ _________ . Some of the energy is also transferred to the _____ and becomes sound. There is not enough energy to transfer to all the marbles so they enter the alligator's mouth.
perfectly transferred
air
In a line of books placed next to each other vertically, the tallest book has the most __________ energy because it is the biggest. It would require the most ______ to lift up high.
height
energy
chain reaction
Known as "height energy"
gravitational energy
When you stored energy in a THIN rubber band, the Twist-O-Matic ride would spin (slowly or quickly). When you stored energy in the THICK rubber band, the ride would spin (slowly or quickly). This is because it took more energy to twist the rubber band that was _______.
slowly
quickly
thicker
The _____ hill of a roller coasters is always the highest because this gives the ride enough ______ to make it over the (smaller or taller) hills and to reach the end of the ride.
first
energy
smaller
In a chain reaction machine, a "ramp lifter," or _____, helps transfer energy.
lever
_____________ is the energy that uses the pull of gravity to make something start moving.
Gravitational energy
__________________ is energy that is moved from one place to another.
Transferred energy
In the Twist-O-Matic ride, when more energy is stored in the rubber band, the more energy that is ___________ and the (slower or faster) the Twist-O-Matic spun.
released
faster
The higher the first hill of a roller coaster is the more _______ it will have and the (faster or slower) it will go.
energy
faster
A lever helps transfer energy from one _______ to another ________.
place
place
_______________ is the energy that something has as a result of its position, state, or arrangement.
Potential energy
_______________ is stored energy that is released when the position, state or arrangement of something changes.
Kinetic energy
When you made the roller coaster, you stored energy in the roller coaster by giving it ________. When you released the hill marble at the top of this hill, both the _____ marble and the ______ bumper marble went into the alligator's mouth. However, adding more ______ marbles kept the hill marble from going into the alligator's mouth.
height
hill
bumper
bumper
In the diagram above, the black marble (will or will not) reach the goal because it does not have enough _____ to bump the white marble out of the valley and over the next two smaller hills. The white marble would need to be on the (top or bottom) of a hill for the black marble to bump into the goal.
will not
energy
top
When the lever is pushed ___________ in one direction, the top of it will move in the ___________ direction.
down
opposite