Vocabulary
Types of Energy
Potential vs Kinetic Energy
Rollercoasters
BONUS
100
A force that pulls objects DOWN!
Gravity
100
Allows us to see, like the sun or fire
Light energy
100
When something is not moving yet, it has what kind of energy?
Potential energy
100
When two objects collide, it creates what kind of energy?
Sound energy
100
True or False: Energy can be created or destroyed.
FALSE. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be transferred from one thing to another.
200
The rate at which something moves/ How fast or how slow something moves
Speed
200
Energy of moving parts, like a fan or a moving bicycle.
Mechanical energy
200
When something is moving, it has what kind of energy?
Kinetic energy.
200
True or False- Adding more hills of the same height makes the rollercoaster faster.
False
200
What is the law of conservation of energy?
Energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only be transferred from one thing to another.
300
The amount of stuff that makes up an object
Mass
300
Energy that moves through wires. It is lightning, electricity, shocks, like a TV or Xbox that needs power.
Electrical energy
300
When energy is stored, we say it has ____.
Potential energy.
300
What brings the rollercoaster back down?
Gravity
300
Turning on a kitchen light is what kind of energy?
Electrical energy
400
The strength of an object's movement
Force
400
Energy that moves from hot to colder things. It means HEAT, like an oven or heater
Thermal energy
400
When energy is moving, we say it has ___.
Kinetic energy.
400
What happens when a rollercoaster does not have enough kinetic energy to make it to the top of a hill?
The rollercoaster would roll back/ won't go up.
400
When a bowling ball knocks down a pin what TWO energies are happening?
Sound and Kinetic energy
500
Moving something from one place to another
Transfer
500
An example of Mechanical energy
Anything that moves
500
What kind of energy is this? How do you know?
Potential energy
500
What would make a rollercoaster go faster?
If the hill was taller.
500
Stretching a rubber band is...
Stored/ potential energy