Daily Warm-up
Energy of motion
Kinetic
Energy is
the ability to do work or make a change.
A unit used to measure energy
joule
When would a marble have the most potential energy?
At the top of the ramp
Stored energy is
potential
What do all forms of energy have in common?
the ability to cause changes to a system
When one type of energy changes to another type of energy
energy transformation
When a roller coaster car reaches the bottom of a steep slope, it has
low potential, maximum kinetic
What do all forms of energy have in common
the ability to cause changes to a system
How are potential and kinetic energy similar
each can be converted to the other form
When a roller coaster car is at the top of a steep slope, it has
high potential, low kinetic