Kinetic/Potential Energy
The ability to do work.
energy or force
What is energy?
Energy carried by electricity.
Potential or electric energy
What is electrical energy?
This is an example of radiant energy being changed to chemical energy.
transpiration of photosynthesis
What is photosynthesis?
This is a type of energy that travels in waves and can travel through empty space.
thermal or radiant energy
What is radiant energy?
This type of energy is produced by the vibrations of matter. These vibrations can move through solid, liquid or gaseous matter, but they cannot travel through empty space.
sound energy or thermal energy
What is sound energy?
A force (a push or pull) applied to an object which forces the object to move.
push or work
What is work?
Energy an object has due to its motion, position or condition.
Mechanical or radiant energy
What is mechanical energy?
This is an example of radiant energy being changed to electrical energy.
powered calculator or a mechanical dump truck
What is a solar powered calculator?
The distance from a point on one wave to the same point on the next wave.
wavelength or longitudinal waves
What is wavelength?
Rapid back and forth motion of air or other matter.
vibrations or wiggling
What are vibrations?
The energy any object has because of its motion.
Potential energy or kinetic energy
What is kinetic energy?
Energy formed when an atom splits apart or when two atoms join to form one.
Nuclear or radiant energy
What is nuclear energy?
This is an example of electrical energy being changed to radiant energy.
electromagnet or lamp
What is a lamp?
This object can take visible white light and separate it into the colors of the spectrum.
prism or microscope
What is a prism?
The number of waves passing a given point in one second.
frequency or rate
What is frequency?
Stored energy or energy that an object has due to its position.
Potential or kinetic
What is potential energy?
Energy stored in the way atoms are connected to each other.
Chemical of radiant energy
What is chemical energy?
This is an example of radiant energy being changed to thermal energy.
nuclear power plant or solar panels
What are solar panels?
This type of radiant energy can be used to kill germs. In people, it can cause sunburn, wrinkling, and skin cancer.
ultraviolet waves or thermal waves
What are ultraviolet rays?
Animals that use low frequency sounds to communicate over long distances.
bats or elephants
What are elephants?
As a roller coaster car goes down a hill, its potential energy is changed into this.
kinetic or potential energy
What is kinetic energy?
Energy of the movement of atoms and molecules.
thermal or potential energy
What is thermal energy?
This type of radiant energy can be used to preserve some foods by killing organisms that cause the food to spoil.
Beta waves or gamma waves
What are gamma rays?
These sound waves can be used to create images of a patient's body without the harmful effects of x-rays.
ultrasound waves or magnetic waves
What are ultrasound waves?