Types of Energy
Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Energy Transformation
Random facts
100
What is the energy of Motion
Kinetic Energy
100
What is Kinetic Energy?
Energy of Motion/Movement
100
What is Potential Energy?
Energy that is Stored
100
What happens to the energy in the ball as it falls?
It transforms from Potential Energy into Kinetic Energy
100
What Professional sport does Tiger Woods play?
Golf
200
What type of energy do we have when it is stored?
Potential Energy
200
What two factors affect Kinetic Energy?
Mass and Velocity (Speed)
200
List three types of Potential Energy.
Gravitational, Chemical, Elastic, Nuclear
200
Watch the video clip, Write down what happens with the large rock at the very end. (Energy Conversion)
Gravitational Potential Energy -> Kinetic Energy
200
T/F Armadillo shells are bulletproof?
TRUE
300
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy
Energy cannot be created or destroyed
300
Describe what happens in the following video:
The heavier the car (more mass) created more Kinetic Energy.
300
What happens to the skaters Potential Energy as they move UP the ramp?
The PE Increases
300
Draw a Bar Graph to show how much Potential and Kinetic Energy this skater has at their position.
300
______ are the only mammals that can't jump.
Elephants
400
Describe the energy transformation that takes place:
Chemical Energy -> Sound, Light, Heat
400
Where on this track would the skater have the most Kinetic Energy?
The bottom of the highest drop.
400
Label the Potential Energy from Highest to Lowest
G - A - F - B - E - C- D
400
Draw a Bar Graph to show how much Potential and Kinetic Energy this skater has at their position.
400
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes, and four pennies how much money do you have?
$1.19
500
Describe how a pole vaulter makes it over the pole using energy conversions
Chemical energy -> Kinetic energy
Elastic Potential energy -> Kinetic Energy
Kinetic Energy -> GPE
500
These two trucks run into a building. How would you explain why one truck does more damage?
The yellow truck has more mass, therefore if they were traveling at the same speed, it would do more damage
500
Describe how Elastic Potential Energy relates to Kinetic Energy. Provide and example, and be prepared to share.
Answers will vary.
500
Describe what happens to the Potential and Kinetic Energy energy while someone plays jump rope. take a few minutes to collect your thoughts.
Answers may vary
500
In what year did James Prescott Joule discover the relationship between heat and mechanical work? Leading to the Law of Conservation of energy.
1843