Definitions
The energy of an object due to motion.
What is Kinetic Energy?
Imagine a U shaped skate park track. Where is the highest potential energy found?
What is the top of the U (either side).
Energy caused by the movement of electrons
What is electric energy
Alkaline batteries represent this form of energy.
What is chemical energy.
Electric toaster.
What is electrical energy to heat and light energy.
The ability to cause change.
What is Energy
Imagine a U shaped skate park track. Where is the highest kinetic energy found?
What is at the bottom of the U.
Energy caused by vibrations.
What is sound?
A dolphins use of echo location represents which form of energy?
What is sound energy.
iTunes streaming from an iPhone.
Energy Conversion
What is energy changing from one form to another.
What happens to the total mechanical energy as the skater travels through the track?
What is no change. It is constant.
Energy stored in chemical compounds.
What is chemical energy.
A roller coaster represents which form of energy?
What is mechanical energy.
A microwave oven.
What is electrical to heat.
Conservation of Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
Potential energy is converted into what two forms of energy?
What is kinetic and thermal (heat).
Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
What is nuclear energy?
An apple represent which form of energy?
What is chemical.
A light bulb.
What is electric to light (heat also).
The ability to do work
What is energy.
If the track cannot change shape, what is one variable that could change to increase the total energy?
What is the a skater with more mass.
Energy caused by movement of atoms and molecules.
What is thermal (heat) energy.
A campfire represents which form of energy?
What is thermal energy. Note, light energy, chemical energy (being released from wood), or sound energy also true.
The Greenhouse Effect.
What is light to heat.