Transformations
Wind or water turbines spin and charge generators to produce this type of usable energy.
What is electrical energy?
Eating waffles for breakfast provides our bodies with energy in the form of ________.
What is chemical energy?
This is energy that is stored.
What is potential energy?
A person rides their bike.
What is Chemical --> Mechanical?
Water boiling in a pot and releasing steam occurs due to ________ going on within the pot.
What is convection?
A material that transfers heat well is called a(n) ____________________.
What is conductor.
Matter will change from one state to another if thermal energy is ______________ or ______________.
What is absorbed or released? (gained or lost/increased or decreased)
This is energy in motion.
What is kinetic energy?
The brakes on a car squeal loudly when pressed while driving.
What is Mechanical --> Sound/Heat?
Your friend burns their finger while cooking when they accidentally touch the stove top. Their finger was burned by __________.
What is conduction?
The force that brings the rollercoaster back down the hill helping to change potential energy into kinetic.
What is gravity?
Energy involved in the moving parts of a machine.
What is mechanical energy?
A rollercoaster has the most potential energy at ____________ of a hill.
What is the top.
The transformations involved in using a flashlight.
What are chemical --> electrical --> light
Heat lamps hanging above a buffet table at a restaurant keep the food warm by _______.
What is radiation?
Energy and mass are never created or destroyed, they just transform.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy/Mass
Gasoline stores energy in the form of _________ energy. A cleaner and cheaper alternative would be to use solar panels to collect radiant energy from the sun and convert it into usable __________ energy.
A woman running. A rollercoaster speeding down a hill. Dominoes tumbling over.
What is kinetic energy?
A tesla coil is plugged in and the visible static electricity vibrates the air to play a song.
What is electrical --> light and sound?
The direction that heat moves.
What is from hotter to cooler?
The temperature at which all particle motion stops.
What is absolute zero. O Kelvin
Inside the sun hydrogen atoms collide to produce helium. This fusion releases energy in the forms of _________ ___________ and _______
What are nuclear, heat, and light?
A tightly stretched rubber band. An apple dangling from a tree branch. A compressed spring.
What are potential energy?