Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Sound and Light
Friction
Famous Scientists
100
Joseph is displaying a certain kind of energy as he stands at the top of a skateboard ramp. He starts moving down the hill and that changes to another kind of energy.
What is kinetic energy?
100
Kinetic energy could not exist without this sort of energy, because this energy creates the leverage for the kinetic energy when there is motion.
What is potential energy?
100
Sound and light particles both travel in this formation.
What are waves?
100
Friction is a force that creates heat and transfers energy. This is the energy that is created by friction.
What is thermal kinetic energy?
100
The famous scientist who lived right around the corner in Butchertown who was famous for capturing both sound (in a phonograph) and light (in a light bulb) is this.
Who is Thomas Edison?
200
At the top of a waterfall, a certain type of energy changes the water's path from forward to downward.
What is gravitational potential energy?
200
When a storm approaches and I get nervous when I hear thunder, what I'm really scared of is the kind of energy that is present in lightening bolts.
What is electrical kinetic energy?
200
These familiar hallmarks of a storm happen approximately at the same time and at the same distance, but we are aware of one before the other. These are good examples of how light travels faster than sound.
What are lightening and thunder?
200
this type of friction occurs between objects that are not moving relative to each other, like a chair and a wooden floor. It also dominates the initial force required to get an object moving.
What is static friction?
200
Which of Newton's Laws of Motion states that an object in motion will tend to stay in motion unless acted upon by an equal or greater force.
What is the Law of Inertia?
300
Robin Hood was a famous archer. When he drew back his bow, he was utilizing this type of energy.
What is elastic potential energy?
300
This type of kinetic energy can be quoted saying, "You can find me in a got cup of tea!"
What is thermal kinetic energy?
300
When my sister is in her room and the door is shut, I can hear my her music, but I cannot not see her light. This is because while both sound and light travel in waves, this wave is shorter than the other.
What is light?
300
When a little girl is sledding down a hill on Christmas Day this type of friction between her new sled and the snowy ground is present.
What is kinetic friction?
300
This famous scientist created an equation for relativistic energy which includes both the kinetic and rest mass energy for a particle. Hint: E=mc(squared)
Who is Albert Einstein?
400
The United States marines use an explosive called c-4 when they need to blow something up. Before the bomb is detonated, the c-4 contains this kind of energy.
What is chemical potential energy?
400
When I sprained my ankle, I had to go the emergency room to have the doctor check it out. When she said I needed an X-ray, she was utilizing this type of energy technology.
What is radiant energy?
400
Light travels in transverse waves. This sort of wave will travel through a vacuum. A type of light source we can see from millions of miles away, is a good example of this.
What is a star?
400
The new Olympic bathing suits were specifically designed to decrease water resistance when swimming. This resistance is a component of drag, the force resisting the motion of a fluid across the body
What is skin friction?
400
This scientist said that in a ship moving at a constant velocity, a person below deck couldn't tell if he or she were moving or still.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
500
When I wake in the mornings, my Mom says I am brain dead. What she doesn't know is that my brain actually has all kinds of energy. Before I start thinking about my day, My brain is a great example of this sort of energy.
What is electrical potential energy?
500
In 1974 a terrible tornado hit Louisville, Ky. The tornado was the result of a wind moving in a funnel cloud. The movement of the wind would be an example of this sort of energy.
What is mechanical kinetic energy?
500
This measures the rate of flow of light radiation with respect to sense of sight.
What are lumens?
500
This type of friction is between layers of liquid substances like vinegar and oil in salad dressings, or an oil spill on an ocean that are moving relative to each other.
What is fluid friction?
500
Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was best known for his work on this nuclear energy project, nicknamed the Manhattan Project, that ended World War 2.
What is the atomic bomb?
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