Kinetic Energy
Potential Energy
Conservation of Energy
Calculations, Equations, & Units
Coach Cook
100
Units for energy
Joules
100
Potential energy is _______ energy.
Stored or positional
100
What is energy?
Power or the ability to do work
100
What is the formula for kinetic energy?

KE= 1/2mv2

100

Where did Coach Cook go to college?

The University of Kentucky

200
Kinetic energy is _________ energy
Moving
200
In a waterfall, potential energy is transferred to ___________
Kinetic energy
200
What is this sentence describing: This energy is due to the stretching or compressing of certain materials.
Elastic potential energy
200
What are the units for acceleration?

m/s2

200

How many nephews does Coach Cook have?

Two! Brice and Braxton

300
In order to give a ball more kinetic energy, you must do more ________?
Work
300
What is the equation for potential energy?
 PE=mgh
300

What is this sentence describing: This energy is stored in chemical bonds.

Chemical potential energy
300

What are the units for velocity?

m/s
300

What two sports does Coach Cook coach?

Volleyball (HC) and Baseball (AC)

400

A basketball with a mass of 0.20 kg is traveling through the air at a velocity of 15 m/s. What is the kinetic energy of the ball?

22.5 Joules

400
What is the type of potential energy involved in an egg drop project falling off a balcony?
Gravitational potential energy
400

Fill in the blank AND say what the name of this law is. 

Energy is not lost or created but it is ___________.


Law of conservation of energy

Transformed/ transferred/ changed
400
What is the potential energy of a 3 kg cell phone on earth 2 meters above the ground?
58.8 J
400

What is a hobby of Coach Cook's outside of teaching and coaching?

Fishing, being outdoors, playing volleyball

500

The amount of kinetic energy of a ball at the bottom of a hill equals________. (Hint: The ball in another location).


The potential energy when the ball is at the top of the hill

500
You are floating in your space suit about 1,000 m from the moon's surface and your mass is 61kg. What is your potential energy? (Gravity of the moon is 1.6 m/s/s)
97,600 J
500
A rollercoaster starts out with 503 J of energy. Near the very top of a hill, it has 4 J of one type of energy. Which type of energy is this? And how much of the other type of energy does it have?
4 J of kinetic energy

499 J of potential energy

500
What is the kinetic energy of a 75 kg person running on a track with a velocity of 3.5 m/s?
459.375 J
500

What year did Coach Cook graduate high school?

2016

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