Thermal
Transformations
Potential
Kinetic
Types of energy
100

Thermal energy flows from_____ -> ________

Hot to Cold

100

When I plug my fan in what is the energy transfer?

Electrical to mechanical

100

Look at the pendulum picture. Where is the most potential energy?

1 , 5

100

Look at the pendulum picture. Where is the most kinetic energy?

3

100

The total amount (sum) of potential and kinetic energy is........(hint:rollercoaster)

mechanical

200

What thermal energy transfer is happening when I make a new cup of coffee and the steam heats up the air above the coffee?

CONVECTION

200

Look at the picture of the simple motor. Think back to when I showed you in class. What is the energy transfer after the battery?

Electrical to Mechanical

200

Potential energy is stored or in motion?

Stored

200

If I am skateboarding down a hill am I increasing or decreasing kinetic energy?

Increasing

200

What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?

Energy is never created or destroyed, it is only transformed from one form to another.

300

Putting ice in warm soda is thermal energy transfer by__________

CONDUCTION

300

What is the energy transfer when Charlie rubs his hands together to stay warm in the winter?

Mechanical to thermal

300

If I am walking up a hill am I increasing or decreasing potential energy?

Increasing

300

My phone is dying. I plug it in to the wall. What energy am I using?

Electrical

300

If I play music from my phone, what energy is that?

Sound

400

The sun is this type of thermal energy transfer.

Radiation

400

What happens when you crack a glow stick?

Chemical to light

400

If I am skateboarding down a hill am I increasing or decreasing potential energy?

decreasing

400

If I am walking up a hill am I increasing or decreasing kinetic energy?

decreasing

400

Which one has chemical potential energy?

Food

Fuel for cars

Both

Both

500

I boiled water on the stove in an aluminum pot. I used the metal handle to pick it up and got burned. Why? 

The metal conducted thermal energy

500

You play Fortnite on the computer for 8 hours straight. Computers transform electrical energy in to 3 main types. ______ , ______  and ______.

Light(radiant) , sound , Thermal energy

500

Jack and Jill go skydiving. Jack goes first. Jill jumps second. If Jill is higher up than Jack, who has more potential energy?

Jill

500

Thermal equilibrium is kinetic because the thermal energy moves _____ to _____ until both have reached the same _______. Tell me all 3

hot to cold

temperature

500

I fell down the stairs at my house. When did I(the system) have the most TOTAL amount of energy? (Potential + kinetic)

The whole time. It never changed.


The system has the most energy at every point because energy cannot be created nor destroyed, so the total energy remains constant.

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