What kind of Potential?
What kind of Kinetic?
Transformations
Vocabulary
Random
100
Stretching a rubber band.
Elastic Potential Energy
100
A marble rolling across the table.
Mechanical Kinetic Energy
OR
Gravitational Kinetic Energy
100
A roller coaster begins to move down the first big hill. __?__ is turning into __?__.
Gravitational Potential Energy
is turning into
Gravitational Kinetic Energy
100
The ability to do work
Energy
100
What type of energy is impacted by height?
Gravitational Potential Energy
200
A battery
Chemical Potential Energy
OR
Electrical Potential Energy
200
A wagon rolling down a hill.
Gravitational Kinetic Energy
200
A compressed spring that is let go would convert
__?__ to __?__ ?
Elastic Potential Energy
to
Elastic/Mechanical/Gravitational Kinetic Energy
200
The force that attracts objects towards other objects with mass
Gravity
200
Kinetic energy increases MOST as __?__ increases.
Hint: Especially Gravitational
Speed
300
A boulder at the edge of a cliff.
Gravitational Potential Energy
300
A stretched rubber band is let go and goes flying because it was being stretched.
Elastic Kinetic Energy
300
What point has the max PE?
Point D
300
The energy in the vibration of atoms in the air (into waves)
Sound Kinetic Energy
300
The graph for Kinetic Energy (J) and Mass (kg) is _____________.
Linear
OR
Proportional
400
An unlit firecracker.
Chemical Potential Energy
400
An airplane circling in preparation for landing.
Gravitational Kinetic Energy
OR
Mechanical Kinetic Energy
400
An archer stretched back his bow and arrow. When the archer lets go, _________ is being transformed into __________.
Elastic Potential Energy
is being transformed into
Elastic/Mechanical/Gravitational Kinetic Energy
400
A unit of measure of speed
EXAMPLE:
Meters / Second
400
Compare the potential and kinetic energy at point 2.
Increasing GPE (increasing height)
Decreasing KE (decreasing speed)
500
Juice contained within an orange.
Chemical Potential Energy
500
Paperclips move towards a magnetic.
Magnetic Kinetic Energy.
500
The energy conversion that occurs when the Sun helps grown an apple on a tree during photosynthesis is best described as:
__?__ --> __?__
Light/Thermal/Radiation Kinetic Energy (sunlight)
-->
Chemical Potential Energy (sugars that are created)
500
The relationship between two variables that have an equal ratio.
Proportional
500
Which sled has more Gravitational PE?
Sled B
(mass is doubled which increases the GPE a lot)