Forms of Energy
Energy that you can see.
Light energy
Give an example of energy causing something to move?
Possible answers: pushing your pencil off the table, pushing a toy truck down a hill, or throwing a football across the field
Sound is created when objects ___________.
Vibrate
Heat moves from an object with warmer temperature to an object with _____________________ .
Cooler temperature
Energy that comes from electric current
Electrical energy
What is the amount of energy something has because of it's potion or condition. This is stored energy.
Potential energy
Which animal would make the highest pitch sound? A cow's moo, a bear's growl, or a mouse's squeak?
A mouse's squeak
A material that allows heat to move through it easily. For example metals like a spoon or coin.
Conductors
What form of energy is energy that is produced when something moves back and forth or vibrates.
Sound energy
What energy is energy of motion? For example a book falling off a shelf or a roller coaster moving along the track.
Kinetic energy
Sound waves
Materials that do not conduct heat well. For example, hair on a furry animal helps it stay warm in cold weather.
Insulators
What two forms of energy does the sun give off?
Light and Heat (thermal)
The total potential and kinetic energy in an object.
Mechanical energy
During a storm, you can sometimes hear thunder. The sound of thunder is produced by vibrations. What vibrates to make the sound of thunder?
The air
What tool would be used to measure the heat of water in a beaker?
Thermometer
What are the 5 forms of energy?
Mechanical, Electrical, Light, Thermal (heat), Sound
Kylie throws a ball into the air. Kylie knows that the energy of the ball changes as it leaves her hand, goes to its highest point in the air, and then comes back down. Explain how the ball's energy changes.
Potential energy to kinetic energy then back to potential energy
Evan stretched a rubber band between his hands. Ted pulled the rubber band and let it go. Then he wrote that they observed a sound. To hear a higher-pitched sound from the rubber band, what should Ted do?
Stretch the rubber band more
The transfer, or movement, of heat between two objects that are touching. For example, when you touch a warm cup of hot chocolate heat is transferred to your hand.
Conduction