Types of Energy
Transfers and Transformations
Potential Energy
Energy
100
What is the energy due to motion?
Kinetic energy
100
What is an energy transformation?
Energy is changed from one type to another (e.g. electrical to radiant)
100
What are the three different types of potential energy?
Gravitational potential, elastic potential, and chemical potential energy
100
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transferred or transformed.
200
What is stored energy due to an object's position or condition?
Potential energy
200
What type of energy transformation occurs in a microwave oven when it heats food?
Electrical energy is transformed into thermal energy, which heats up the food.
200
What is gravitational potential energy?
Energy stored in an object depending on its mass and how high above the Earth's center it is
200
How do you find total energy in a system?
Total Energy = Kinetic Energy + Potential Energy
300
What is the energy of associated with the temperature of an object?
Thermal energy
300
What is an energy transfer?
Energy that moves from one object to another but does not change forms.
300
What is elastic potential energy?
Energy stored in objects that are compressed or stretched (e.g. springs, rubber bands)
300
How can you increase your gravitational potential energy?
Increase mass or height above Earth's surface.
400
What is the energy of an electric current?
Electrical energy
400
In a flashlight, what type of energy transformation occurs to produce light?
Chemical energy in the batteries transforms into electrical energy, which is then transformed into radiant (light) energy.
400
Which types of potential energy do the pictures below show? 
Raised Object - gravitational
Dynamite - chemical
Drawn Bow - elastic
Stretched spring - elastic
Battery - chemical
400
What is an example of an energy transfer?
Bumper cars, hitting a sports ball, etc.
500
What type of energy is caused by vibrating air particles?
Sound energy
500
When a basketball is thrown in the air and hits the ground, making a noise, what type of energy transformation occurs?
The basketball has gravitational potential and kinetic energy that is transformed into sound energy when it hits the ground.
500
What is chemical potential energy?
Stored energy in atoms and their connections (bonds)
500
What is an example of an energy transformation?
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