Energy Transformations
Energy Conservation
Potential and Kinetic
Types of Energy
Waves and Other
100

Energy is defined as _________.

The ability to do work.

100

When is KE highest in a roller coaster (or skate park)

At the bottom of the first/tallest hill

100
What is the process of saving up or storing energy?
Potential energy.
100
Energy that has the ability to fall; this type of energy increases the higher up you go.
Gravitational energy.
100

What do waves transfer?

Energy (not matter)

200

Using a hot plate to boil water.

Electrical energy -> heat energy

200

List the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Energy can be not be created or destroyed.

200
What is the process of spending energy or energy in motion.
Kinetic energy.
200
"You can burn it or you can eat it."
Chemical energy.
200

What are the low points in a wave called?

Troughs

300

A hungry football player eating a large sandwich to use the food for energy.

Chemical energy -> mechanical energy

300

What energy is transferred through a material by the collision of atoms within a material?

Thermal energy

300
A heavy vase on a table has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential energy.
300
This type of energy is generated by a force - a push or a pull.
Mechanical energy.
300

What are the high points in a wave called?

Crest

400

Using a solar-powered calculator.

Radiant (or light) energy -> electrical energy ->light energy

400

An atom splitting is this type of energy.

Nuclear

400
A person running down the sidewalk has this type of energy.
(Mechanical) kinetic energy.
400
An atom splitting is this type of energy.
Nuclear energy.
400

What are two common waves in nature? 

water waves and seismic/earthquake waves

500

Burning a candle.

Chemical energy -> heat energy + light energy

500

What is frequency measured in (word and unit)?

Hertz (Hz)

500
A person that has just jumped from an airplane has this type of energy.
(Gravitational) potential and kinetic energy.
500
The sun is an example of this type of energy.
Heat, Radiant, Nuclear and Gravitational
500

How does energy move in a longitudinal wave?

It is parallel to the direction the wave travels

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