Potential and Kinetic Energy
Energy stored in an object because of its position or shape is called ______.
What is potential energy?
This type of energy is stored in food, batteries, and fuel.
What is chemical energy?
Waves transfer this from one place to another without moving matter.
What is energy?
Collecting and reusing materials instead of throwing them away is called ______.
What is recycling?
Differences in characteristics, like eye color or height, among individuals of the same species are called ______.
What are variations?
A ball sitting at the top of a hill has this type of energy before it starts rolling.
What is potential energy?
This energy is associated with moving objects.
What is mechanical energy?
Waves that move the medium perpendicular to the direction the wave travels are called ______.
What are transverse waves?
Reducing the amount of materials or energy used is called ______.
What is conservation?
Traits that are passed from parents to offspring through DNA are called ______.
What are inherited traits?
Energy due to motion is called ______.
What is kinetic energy?
When a ball bounces, energy changes between kinetic and ______
What is potential energy?
Waves that move the medium parallel to the direction the wave travels are called ______.
What are longitudinal waves?
Smoke from factories and cars adds harmful substances to the air. This is called ______.
What is air pollution?
When some traits make it more likely for an organism to survive and reproduce, these traits are called ______.
What are adaptations?
As the ball rolls down the hill, its stored energy changes into ______.
What is kinetic energy?
Light, sound, and heat are examples of energy that can move through space or materials. Light is specifically called ______ energy.
What is radiant (or light) energy?
Sound waves in air are an example of this type of wave.
What is a longitudinal wave?
Building retaining walls, terraces, or check dams on hillsides helps prevent soil from being washed away. Which environmental issue does this solution help?
What is soil erosion?
The physical expression of a trait, like brown eyes or tall height, is called the ______.
What is phenotype?
A roller coaster is at the top of a hill and then speeds down the track. Describe how the energy changes from start to bottom.
What is the roller coaster has maximum potential energy at the top, which converts into kinetic energy as it moves down the hill?
Rubbing your hands together on a cold day produces warmth. This is an example of ______ energy.
What is thermal (heat) energy?
Light waves and water waves are examples of this type of wave.
What is a transverse wave?
This method delivers water directly to the roots of plants, reducing waste and evaporation.
The genetic makeup of an organism, which may not be visible, is called the ______.
What is genotype?