Type of Energy
Energy of Motion
What is kinetic energy?
Explain the transformation that takes place when you you plug a lamp in.
Electrical energy turns into light energy.
IF the speed of an object decreases its kinetic energy will ______________________.
What is decrease?
Stored energy
What is potential energy?
The type of Energy that depends on mass and height
What is Potential Energy?
Explain the transformation that takes place when you turn on a flashlight. From the battery to the light. 4 steps
What is Chemical (of the battery) to electrical (flow of electrons) to radiant (of the light) to thermal ( the heat produced by the light)
As the speed of a falling object increases, its potential energy will _____________________.
What is decrease?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be transformed.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
Type of energy that is created by vibrations.
What is sound?
When you drop a book on the floor, what happens to its original potential energy?
What is the potential energy was transformed to kinetic?
This process converts radiant energy in to chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
Type of energy that depends on the flow of electrons
What is Electrical Energy?
Explain the transformation of energy that occurs in a generator.
What is mechanical energy to electrical energy.
A basketball is dropped from a height of 2m and another identical basketball is dropped from a height of 4m. Which ball has more kinetic energy just before it hits the ground?
What is The basketball dropped from a height of 4m because it has gained more speed?
Water in a reservoir is released through a dam and flows through a turbine, spinning it, which in turn activates a generator to produce electricity
What is hydropower?
Type of energy stored in bonds of molecules
What is Chemical Energy?
Explain the transformation that takes place in a TV. (4)
What are the two factors that kinetic energy depends on?
What is mass and speed?